SSG Wave Energy Converter: Design, Reliability and Hydraulic Performance of an Innovative Overtopping Device

Lucia Margheritini, Diego Vicinanza, Peter Frigaard

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Abstract

The SSG (Sea Slot-cone Generator) is a wave energy converter of the overtopping type. The structure consists of a number of reservoirs one on the top of each others above the mean water level, in which the water of incoming waves is stored temporary. In each reservoir, expressively designed low head hydroturbines are converting the potential energy of the stored water into power. A key to success for the SSG will be the low cost of the structure and its robustness. The construction of the pilot plant is scheduled and this paper aims to describe the concept of the SSG wave energy converter and the studies behind the process that leads to its construction. The pilot plant is an on-shore full scale module in 3 levels with an expected power production of 320 MWh/y in the North Sea. Location, wave climate and laboratory tests results will be used here to describe the pilot plant and its characteristics.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftRenewable Energy
Vol/bind34
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)1371–1380
ISSN0960-1481
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 nov. 2008

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