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The use of OR models in the assessment of alternative wave energy devices
Author(s) -
Mytton M. G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1982.tb01314.x
Subject(s) - computer science , energy (signal processing) , scale (ratio) , systems engineering , industrial engineering , engineering , mathematics , physics , statistics , quantum mechanics
Abstract: The author outlines the way in which OR models can be used to aid the development and technical assessment of different technologies for obtaining energy from the wave motion of the seas. The cost of prototype devices would be enormous and their use would be quite impracticable for comparing different technologies. The author's models are sophisticated enough to give an initial assessment of different devices using the input from relatively inexpensive small‐scale physical models. They are capable of varying the design parameters of each device and locating optimum values, thus ensuring that comparisons are made under the most favourable conditions.