Wave energy: a Pacific perspective

Abstract

This paper illustrates the status of wave energy development in Pacific rim countries by characterizing the available resource and introducing the region's current and potential future leaders in wave energy converter development. It also describes the existing licensing and permitting process as well as potential environmental concerns. Capabilities of Pacific Ocean testing facilities are described in addition to the region's vision of the future of wave energy.

Dynamic interactions of an integrated vehicle–electromagnetic energy harvester–tire system subject to uneven road excitations

“…To obtain the large motions of an energy harvest device, the mechanisms of resonances in linear dynamic systems and the flutter of aerofoils, which are harmful vibrations to be avoided in traditional dynamic designs, are in a reverse case to be used to obtain the expended large motions of the energy harvesting device [12][13][14][15][16]. The review papers [4,16] provide more details on various wave/wind energy harvesters as well as many available references. The interested readers may refer to them for more information on this topic.…”

“…One is to seek new green energy resources, such as wind/wave energy harvested by different energy converters [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], where the fundamental principle includes two main points: (1) to design an energy harvesting device excited by winds or waves to undergo as large mechanical motions as possible; (2) to convert the mechanical energy into a type of storable energy, such as electric or chemical ones, etc. To obtain the large motions of an energy harvest device, the mechanisms of resonances in linear dynamic systems and the flutter of aerofoils, which are harmful vibrations to be avoided in traditional dynamic designs, are in a reverse case to be used to obtain the expended large motions of the energy harvesting device [12][13][14][15][16].…”