Niche Applications and Flexible Devices for Wave Energy Conversion: A Review
Niche Applications and Flexible Devices for Wave Energy Conversion: A Review
复制标题
DOI：
10.3390/en14206537
复制
发表时间：
2021-10
期刊：
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
E. Renzi;S. Michele;Siming Zheng;S. Jin;D. Greaves
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
E. Renzi;S. Michele;Siming Zheng;S. Jin;D. Greaves
我们回顾了面向利基应用的波能转换技术，即千瓦级系统，与公用事业级系统相比，这些系统允许更灵活的设计、更快的部署和更容易的操作。本文分析的适用于利基市场的波能转换器分为防波堤一体化、混合式、特殊用途的装置。我们表明，利基市场正在成为一幅非常充满活力的图景，几项此类技术现已达到运营阶段，其他技术正在进行全面的海试。这项审查还包括灵活的设备，这些设备在20世纪80年代开始作为利基应用程序，现在接近商业成熟。我们讨论了柔性装置在降低成本、提高波浪能系统的生存性和可靠性方面的巨大潜力。最后，我们展示了WEC在利基应用中的使用，通过积累现场经验、展示网格集成的成功案例和为利益相关者建立信心，正在支持公用事业规模项目的发展。
We review wave energy conversion technologies for niche applications, i.e., kilowatt-scale systems that allow for more agile design, faster deployment and easier operation than utility scale systems. The wave energy converters for niche markets analysed in this paper are classified into breakwater-integrated, hybrid, devices for special applications. We show that niche markets are emerging as a very vibrant landscape, with several such technologies having now achieved operational stage, and others undergoing full-scale sea trials. This review also includes flexible devices, which started as niche applications in the 1980s and are now close to commercial maturity. We discuss the strong potential of flexible devices in reducing costs and improving survivability and reliability of wave energy systems. Finally, we show that the use of WECs in niche applications is supporting the development of utility-scale projects by accumulating field experience, demonstrating success stories of grid integration and building confidence for stakeholders.