Essays about: "wavepower"

Found 4 essays containing the word wavepower.

  1. 1. A Habitable Sea Barrier

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Marius Weber; [2022]
    Keywords : Rising sea levels; urban development; protection; coastal cities; coats; 2100; sustainable development; hydropower; wavepower; solarpower; future; theoretical; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Sea levels are expected to rise by four meters by 2100, which would displace up to 630 million people, while millions of square kilometres of land would be lost, costing the global economy trillions of dollars. While this forecast is alarming, no long-term solution exists to handle permanently increased sea levels. READ MORE

  2. 2. Construction and Design of a Switch-Mode Converter for a TFPMSM in Wave Power Application

    University essay from KTH/Elkraftteknik

    Author : Aliro Cofre Osses; [2017]
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    Abstract : Established climate changes and increasing regulations on fossil fuels makes it important toexplore different options for electric power generation from renewable energy sources. In 2015Sweden had the highest proportion of renewable energy in the European Union and electricitygeneration contributes the most to the proportion of renewable energy. READ MORE

  3. 3. Development and verification of a wavepower drive train simulator

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Eysteinn Hjálmarsson; [2015]
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    Abstract : With increased attention on global warming, engineers have been looking into new and more environmental friendly ways to meet the world’s ever increasing energy demand. An exciting possibility is to harness the immense and untapped resource that lies in ocean waves. READ MORE

  4. 4. Hydrodynamic Investigation of WavePower Buoys

    University essay from KTH/Marina system

    Author : Gunnar Steinn Asgeirsson; [2013]
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    Abstract : With the increasing global demand for energy and environmental awareness, the interestin sustainable energy solutions has grown over the last years including wave energy.In this thesis there is a literature study on Wave Energy Converters (WEC) and a theorychapter on the power in ocean waves. READ MORE