Sentences with phrase «oscillating water column»
However, there are already some clear winners more or less fully developed, like the UK's Pelamis wave snake, the near shore Oyster hinged wave flap and Wavegens oscillating water column (OWC) system.
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52 Wave Power - Generators Physics for the IB Diploma 5th Edition (Tsokos) 2008 Physics for the IB Diploma 5th Edition (Tsokos) 2008 Wave Power - Generators Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Captures the energy of the wave without being exposed to the corrosive environment of the waves.
Japan pioneered wave energy in the 1970 / 80s, with a floating «Mighty Whale» Oscillating Water Column system and some harbour wall / breakwater OWCs, but did not follow it up, in part due to its economic crisis.
The oscillating water column technology was a good fit with the established breakwater blueprint.
The power plant at Mutriku employs another approach: 16 oscillating water columns.