Pelamis: experience from concept to connection

by Richard Yemm, David Pizer, Chris Retzler, and Ross Henderson

Philosophical Transactions AVolume 370(1959):365-380

January 28, 2012

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P1A-002 on site in Portugal.

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Pelamis survivability: inherent limiting of loads and motions in extreme seas.

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Hydrodynamic power limiting.

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(a,c) Far-field radiation and (b) absorption patterns for a heaving point absorber and a phased heaving line absorber of length=2λ.

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Schematic of Pelamis selectable–tunable joint response.

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Prototype P1 Pelamis generating to the UK grid in 2007.

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Modular construction in Leith, Edinburgh, UK, of P2 for ScottishPower Renewables, 2011.

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P2 skids in production.

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Snap-shot comparison between the video of the 21st scale model test in Nantes, France (b) and the corresponding animation of the nonlinear numerical simulation (a).

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Cutaways of the P2 joint and power take-off (PTO) system, allowing the four hydraulic cylinders of each joint to act about 2 d.f. simultaneously.

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The measured conversion efficiency of the motor-generator sets that convert the high pressure (250 bar) in the accumulators into electricity.

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The typical cost curve for a technology.

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Wave sites awarded by The Crown Estate in the UK's first wave and tidal leasing round in 2010.

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