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Development of Wave Production System and Investigation of Several
Types of Point Absorber of Power Take Off (PTO)
Muhammad Fauzan Bin Sharif
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Norsani Bin Wan Nik
Bachelor of Technology (Maritime Technology)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Wave energy, one of the renewable energy resources, is one of the highest priorities
in many parts of the world. The energy from waves can be converted to the electricity
with the aid Wave Energy Converter (WEC). WEC is a device which captures the
energy from waves and converts it to electricity. Point Absorber was intended to be
less cost, low maintenance and high survivability in ocean waves. With the lower
height of ocean waves, Malaysia fascinates some problem in developing wave energy
device. This research is about to design and built wave production system and to study
the Power Take Off (PTO) of several types of Point Absorber. Other than that, it is to
measure the power captured by different devices. Before the experiment can be
carried out, the wave production system must be built. By using different devices, the
power of the waves be captured and measured. Then, several types of Point Absorber
with different buoyant will be built and test the PTO at the wave production system.
The result from PTO of Point Absorber will be compared with the simulation by ANSYS-
AQWA. It is suggested that the design of Point Absorber can be upgraded in near
future as it has a very high potential to be developed in Malaysia.
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