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Integrated study of triboelectric nanogenerator for ocean wave energy harvestin...

Ocean related activities are often supported by offshore equipment with particular power demands. These are usually deployed at remote locations and have limited space, thus small energy harvesting technologies, such as photovoltaic panels or wind turbines, are used to power their instruments. However, the inherent energy sources are intermittent and have lower density and predictability than an alternative sou...

Response of a self-powered offshore floating support structure with an OWC for ...

To give an effective response to the increasing demand to characterise wind availability and intensity for the installation of future offshore wind farms, SPAR buoy OWCs with LIDAR present a clear benefit, due to their stability, mechanical and operational simplicity and lower cost, when compared to wind measuring towers, serving as an alternative to the latter, mainly for deep water. This paper proposes a comp...

Performance Assessment of a Hybrid Wave Energy Converter Integrated into a Harb...

Seaports are highly energy demanding infrastructures and are exposed to wave energy, which is an abundant resource and largely unexploited. As a result, there has been a rising interest in integrating wave energy converters (WEC) into the breakwaters of seaports. The present work analyzes the performance of an innovative hybrid WEC module combining an oscillating water column (OWC) and an overtopping device (OW...

Evaluation of the annual electricity production of a hybrid breakwater-integrat...

Ocean waves constitute an abundant source of clean and predictable energy, with the potential to partly replace carbon intensive energy sources. At present, several technologies to convert wave energy into electricity are being developed, but those suitable for integration into port breakwaters present additional advantages. This paper presents a novel concept that combines two well-known wave energy conversion...

Structural safety assessment of a rubble-mound breakwater with an incorporated ...

Experimental Study of a Hybrid Wave Energy Converter Integrated in a Harbor Bre...

Sea ports are infrastructures with substantial energy demands and often responsible for air pollution and other environmental problems, which may be minimized by using renewable energy, namely electricity harvested from ocean waves. In this regard, a wide variety of concepts to harvest wave energy are available and some shoreline technologies are already in an advanced development phase. The SE@PORTS project ai...

Preliminary design of a hybrid wave energy converter integrated in a breakwater

Sea ports are highly exposed to ocean waves, being often necessary to protect them with breakwaters and other sheltering solutions. Also, ports are infrastructures with substantial energy demands and major sources of air pollution and other environmental impacts. By using renewable energy, in particular electricity harvested from ocean waves, ports would be able to convert some of the disadvantages associated w...

Effect of surface coating on the biodistribution profile of gold nanoparticles ...

Successful application of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in biomedicine requires extensive safety assessment for which biokinetic studies are crucial. We evaluated the biodistribution of AuNPs (similar to 20 nm) with different surface coatings: citrate, 11-MUA and 3 pentapeptides, CALNN, CALND and CALNS, after i.v. administration to rats (0.6-1 mg Au/kg). Biodistribution was evaluated based on Au tissue content mea...