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Wave Energy Conversion. Master Thesis of Herald Vervoorn, Technical University of Delft, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering. Ocean Energy, Durable Energy

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Wave Energy Conversion

Wave Energy Conversion. Master Thesis of Herald Vervoorn, Technical University of Delft, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering. Ocean Energy, Durable Energy

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Wave Energy Conversion * Theory of Wave Energy Conversion * Wave Energy Converters, the State of the Art * Design of a Wave Power Converting Breakwater for the Port of Bilbao, North Spain MSc. Thesis by Herald Vervoorn March 1997 — Delft University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering Division Hydraulic Engineering Group Preface and Acknowledgements This study has been carried out as MSc. thesis of Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Hydraulic and Geotechnical Engineering Division, Hydraulic Engineering Group. It deals with the state of the art of wave energy converters, the theory of wave energy conversion and a design of a wave power converting breakwater for the Port of Bilbao, North Spain. In the last decades, considerable research in wave energy conversion has been performed. Several concepts have been investigated and tested. As yet, itis unknown which type of wave energy device is useful to employ in which circumstances. In particular the working principle of wave energy converting breakwaters is insufficient understood. ‘The Hydraulic Engineering Group is interested in the state of the art of wave energy conversion and the prospects. Wave energy converters had to be investigated on theoretical as well as practical properties. Particularly, the combination of a breakwater with wave power converting devices attracted the attention. For this final report and the appendixes, an extensive literature study has been carried out. The objective is to describe the different types of wave energy devices and the combination with a breakwater. For the Port of Bilbao, North Spain, a wave power converting breakwater has been designed, consisting of caissons on a rubble mound foundation. I would like to thank prof. it. K. d’Angremond, ir. J. van Duivendijk and ir. T. van der Meulen for giving the opportunity for this thesis, their recommendations and the time they spent in reading this report and the accompanying appendix Pijnacker, the Netherlands ‘March 1997 Herald Vervoorn Preface and Acknowledgements iit

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