A breaker-zone wave energy converter
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj11.348Keywords:
Wave energy, point absorber, nearshore, breaker-zone, heave, surgeAbstract
In this work we present a preliminary study on a laboratory model of a breaker zone wave energy converter (WEC). It is a heave-surge point absorber, composed by two distinct elements, a buoy and a paddle, which allows the conversion of the wave energy in near-shore region, just before waves break. The model was tested in an experimental wave flume, on a mild slope beach, with different waves breaking on the beach. We found efficiency ranging from 20 to 40 % with respect to the power of the oncoming wave.