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值守操作依赖于仪器运行的电力供应。pi将研究新的波浪能转换技术，用于海上操作海洋仪器。目前的波浪能转换技术使波浪能在海洋学和海洋科学应用中体积庞大且不经济。ppi要求提供资金，研究如何将波浪能转换硬件集成到小型海洋浮标中。拟议的努力代表了对当前波浪能转换方法的重大进步，并有望成为使波浪能利用具有成本效益的海洋传感应用的重要一步。

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.