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* [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4216655.html Patent for a wave-operated power plant] with more links to other patents.
 
* [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4216655.html Patent for a wave-operated power plant] with more links to other patents.
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* The energy you can get from waves is (according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_wave Wikipedia]):
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[[Image:Wave Energy.png]]
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:''ρ'' = water density (1020 to 1029&nbsp;kg·m<sup>-3</sup> for [[Seawater]])
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:''g'' = gravity acceleration (9.81 m/s<sup>2</sup>)
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:''H'' = wave height
  
 
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Revision as of 00:47, 3 June 2008

In the book is a nice collection of ways to get energy from waves.

  • The energy you can get from waves is (according to Wikipedia):

Wave Energy.png

ρ = water density (1020 to 1029 kg·m-3 for Seawater)
g = gravity acceleration (9.81 m/s2)
H = wave height

Videos

The West Wave Project
Wave Hub, 10 miles off Hayle on north coast of Cornwall
Pelamis Wave Energy Converter
By Pelamis Wave Power
CETO - SeaPowerPlan invention
Hypalon bladders are affixed to a piston that moves inside a tube secured to the seabed.
Google Tech Talk
On wave energy and Pelamis