Collaborative Research: On making wave energy an economical and reliable power source for ocean measurement applications

海洋仪器的长期无人操作取决于操作仪器的电力供应。这些专业人员将研究新的波浪能转换技术，用于在海上操作海洋仪器。目前的波浪能转换技术使得波浪能对于海洋学和海洋科学应用而言体积庞大且不经济。PI要求提供资金，以调查可能使波能转换硬件集成到小型海洋学浮标中的改进措施。拟议的努力是对目前波浪能转换方法的一个重大进步，预计将是朝着使波浪能利用具有成本效益的海洋传感应用迈出的重要一步。

Long-term, unattended operation of oceanographic instrumentation is dependent on the availability of power to operate the instruments. The PIs will investigate new wave power conversion technologies for use in operating oceanographic instrumentation at sea. Current wave energy conversion technologies make wave power bulky and uneconomical for oceanographic and ocean science applications. The PIs request funding to investigate enhancements that may enable integration of wave power conversion hardware into small oceanographic buoys. The proposed effort represents a significant advance over current wave energy conversion approaches and is expected to be an important step towards making wave power utilization cost-effective for ocean sensing applications.