Wave Carpet – Protecting coastal zones while generating electricity
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UK
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University of Dundee
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On Campus (Full Time)
3 years-
PhD Studentship
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Unspecified
On Campus (Full Time) Position Details (PhD Program)
The principle concept of a wave carpet energy device is similar to that of propagation of waves over a muddy seafloor, where significant amount of wave energy attenuates due to the strong interaction with the mud banks. Wave Carpet – Protecting coastal zones while generating electricity is offered at University of Dundee
Context
Similarly, a wave carpet is a mud-resembling deformable plate that can potentially extract the entire wave energy. The plate deformation can be transferred into electricity generation by a direct-drive power take-off system connected to the plate.
A submerged wave carpet is a deformable plate, or elastic mat, that can be used to extract the wave energy, and for mitigation of large waves in coastal areas.
Wave Carpet – Protecting coastal zones while generating electricity Wave Carpet – Protecting coastal zones while generating electricity is offered at University of Dundee University of Dundee
The goal of this project is
- to solve the problem of interaction of nonlinear long-waves with the elastic submerged plate by developing theoretical tools
- to determine the power output of the device
- to determine the effect of the wave energy devices on coastal areas.