Share reportPower Take Off
This programme supported a wide range of Power-Take Off systems that each proposed a step change in the capital cost and/or efficiency/performance over current technology.
Lead contractor
Cofely Fabricom
Sub-contractor(s)
Ghent University
Overview
A key challenge for efficient wave energy converters is to transform the typical bi-directional, reciprocating movement induced by the waves into electricity in an efficient, flexible and robust way.
This project evaluated the gains in terms of efficiency, flexibility and robustness of an electro-mechanical PTO system which transforms the bi-directional movement into a uni-directional rotation that can easily be fed to a generator.
Stage 1
June 2017
This is the PTO stage 1 project summary report for the Cofely Fabricom Power Sharing Transmission based Bi-directional to Uni-directional PTO (PST-PTO) project.
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