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Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB) of Wave Energy Converter: An Overview of BBDB Shapes

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Proceedings of International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2019

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The energy extracted from ocean waves is one of the promising types of renewable energy to meet the energy demands. There are several projects conducted worldwide on various wave energy designs and one of them is floating oscillating water column (FOWC) type. The most investigated FOWC device currently is the backward bent duct buoy (BBDB) concept. However, the full potential of FOWC, is still not fully investigated and understood. Therefore, this paper presents an overview on most of the investigations previously conducted on FOWC. The optimised design parameter of FOWC in terms of main body corner shapes and buoyancy module shapes will be presented and suggested.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Kem Perdana Sg. Besi, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    N. I. Ismail, M. J. Aiman, M. R. A. Rahman & M. R. Saad

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Ismail, N.I., Aiman, M.J., Rahman, M.R.A., Saad, M.R. (2020). Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB) of Wave Energy Converter: An Overview of BBDB Shapes. In: Rajendran, P., Mazlan, N., Rahman, A., Suhadis, N., Razak, N., Abidin, M. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2019 . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4756-0_48

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