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Redesign of Buoy Mechanisms of Point Absorber for Low Wave Height<br />

Nooramira Binti Omar<br />

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wan Mohd Norsani Bin Wan Nik<br />

Bachelor of Applied Science (Maritime Technology)<br />

School of Ocean Engineering<br />

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu<br />

Wave energy is one of renewable energy and it have potential to be sustainable source<br />

of energy which can capture and converted into electricity by wave energy converter<br />

(WEC) devices. Thus, Point Absorber is one of the WEC devices which can potentially<br />

provide the large amount of output power than other devices. This research paper is<br />

about redesign and analyze the buoy mechanism of point absorber for low wave<br />

height. The differences of diameter of buoy are determine and designing by using<br />

Rhinoceros software. Besides, the behavior of the buoy in low wave height are<br />

analyzed through ANSYS-AQWA Software which is one of the CFD tools. As conclusion,<br />

by changing the diameter of the buoy will be proposed to be more efficiency and<br />

optimize the performance the Point Absorber.<br />

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