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A point absorber type device, damped by a single-acting hydraulic cylinder, has been tested in the laboratory and modeled mathematically. The system’s efficiency was found to be equal that of systems with double-acting pumps. Response and efficiency curves are presented from both the physical and mathematical models for the case of monochromatic wave forcing.
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Hicks, D.C., Pleass, C.M. (1986). Physical and Mathematical Modelling of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Conversion System with Nonlinear Damping. In: Evans, D.V., de Falcão, A.F.O. (eds) Hydrodynamics of Ocean Wave-Energy Utilization. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82666-5_9
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