Noregs teknisk-naturvitskaplege universitet
Institutt for fysikk
Fag MNFFY2201/TFY4300/ ENERGI- OG MILJØFYSIKK (Energy and Environmental Physics)
Lectures 1 and 3 October 2003 on OCEAN WAVE ENERGY
The selected matter corresponds essentially to chapter 12 in the book by J.W. Twidell & A.D. Weir: "Renewable Energy Resources" (1986), but with some updated information included. Some corrections and comments to this chapter may be found on [4 kB]
http://www.phys.ntnu.no/~falnes/wave2003lecture/CorrectionsTW12.htmA selection of presented slides may be seen on [6662 kB]
http://www.phys.ntnu.no/~falnes/wave2003lecture/wavelecture2003-10www.pdfMoreover, some presented handwritten overhead transparencies may be seen on [562 kB]
http://www.phys.ntnu.no/~falnes/wave2003lecture/handwritten_transparencies.pdfA calculation exercise on the tapered-channel wave-energy converter may be seen on [558 kB]
http://www.phys.ntnu.no/~falnes/wave2003lecture/WE_exerciseTpCh.pdfConcerning further reading, more information is to be found on additional web pages as follows:
A list of books on wave energy:
http://www.phys.ntnu.no/~falnes/books_wave_energy2003.htmOn wave energy in some ocean areas:
http://oblea.oceanor.no/wave_energy/ http://www.ineti.pt/proj/weratlas/index01.htmlOn wave-energy converters, research, development and industrialisation:
http://www.phys.ntnu.no/instdef/prosjekter/bolgeenergi/index.html http://www.mech.ed.ac.uk/research/wavepower/ http://www.wavegen.co.uk/ http://www.waveswing.com http://www.energetech.com.au http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec/myt.html http://www.members.tripod.com/interproject/ http://www.niot.res.in/ http://www.oceanpd.com http://www.waveenergy.dk/wave_forside/4english/wave_forside4.html http://www.wave-energy.net/ http://www.aquaenergygroup.com http://www.ucc.ie/research/hmrc/ http://www.wavedragon.net
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