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2. Wave technology
2.1 Operating principles
To date, more than a thousand patents have been filed for devices designed to harness wave energy, and more than a hundred such devices are under development worldwide.
It would be tedious to detail all these technologies. Fortunately, the vast majority are based on one of the following three operating principles:
overtopping devices ;
oscillating water column (OWC) systems;
wave-activated float systems (wave activated bodies or oscillating bodies).
On this basis, it is then possible to construct a classification of systems, the most widely accepted of which is that established by Falcão...
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Bibliography
Events
European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference http://www.ewtec.org
International Conference on Ocean Energy
Websites
Directory
Organizations, associations
École Centrale de Nantes http://www.ec-nantes.fr
SEM-REV http://www.semrev.fr
France Energies Marines http://www.france-energies-marines.org
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