Testing and optimising a novel wave-energy device

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A novel wave-energy device has been proposed. The general principles of operation of the novel wave-energy device are as follows:- wave amplification in a V-shaped or optimised-shape contraction;- enhanced wave-activated buoy dynamics, with the buoy moving only:i) in the vertical (vertical mast with magnets);ii) azimuthally (curved mast with magnets or a translator); or,iii) under an angle and within a breakwater with overflow during severe weather; and,- these magnets (translator) are moving along a line [concerning (i, iii)] or along a slight arc [concerning (ii)] through a series of fixed (linearly-aligned or curved) coils, connected to a power circuit and the battery or loads for power generation.Note that the device has components of three existing wave-energy devices: the TapChan device (its contraction), a linear IP-wave buoy (its direct-drive generator) and an Oscillating Water Column. In 2013, a proof-of-principle was built, for which a wave-to-wire model was completed in 2019 and presented at the 2019 European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference.The goal of the project is to explore (three) modifications of the novel wave-energy device and perform tests with regular and irregular waves in (two) UoL wave channel(s) with a wavemaker, using experimental and computational means as well as control theory to investigate and improve the designs.