Experimental study and numerical modeling of intra-array interactions and extra-array effects of wave energy converter arrays - PhD defence

Power production of a Wave Energy Converter array (WEC array) depends on the geometric layout of the individual WECs within the array. Within this PhD, experimental and numerical research has been carried out on the intra-array interactions and in the extra-array effects which govern the power production of WEC arrays. Unique tests with arrays composed of up to 25 WECs (point absorbers), the largest arrays ever to be tested, have been performed in a large-scale wave basin of DHI (Denmark) and, combined with numerical results, have led to practical guidelines for design of the geometric layout of WEC arrays.

Practical information about the PhD defence:

PhD-student Vasiliki Stratigaki, May 12, 17h, J. Plateaustraat 22, Ghent.