Conference Papers

The European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2011(EWTEC) took place in Southampton University between the 5^th and 9th of September. There were 500 attendees, with 220 papers presented. Wavebob had four employees representing the company, Jochem Weber, Carlos Villegas, Chris Signorelli, and Fergus Sharkey (on behalf of ESB International). Between them they co-authored 4 papers, which were published at the conference.

Jochem Webber - Integrated WEC System Optimisation – Achieving Balanced Technology Development and Economical Lifecycle Performance;

Chris Signorelli and Carlos Villegas - Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation of a Heaving Wave Energy Converter;

Carlos Villegas - Design and Control of a Hydraulic Power Take Off for an Axi-symmetric Heaving Point Absorber and  Implementation of a Pitch Stability Control for a Wave Energy Converter;

Fergus Sharkey - Dynamic Electrical Ratings and the Economics of Capacity Factor for Wave Energy Converter Arrays;