Advances in Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters (OWC-WEC)

Dear Colleagues,

Growing pressures from climate change have increased investment in low carbon solutions for power generation. Marine renewables are a particularly attractive solution in this respect and a lot of effort has been made by the engineering community in proposing, developing and designing novel energy devices. Wave power is a particularly dynamic development area in marine renewables, with significant potential for further exploitation.

Proposed wave energy devices (converters) comprise very different layouts and concepts of operation. Amongst these, the oscillating water column is one of the oldest and yet most promising concepts, owing to its simplicity, relative ease of installation and potential integration with existing or new infrastructure. Several pilot structures have been installed around the world and, whilst there are still many technical challenges to solve, the concept of OWC has been tested and proven capable of generating energy.

This Special Issue aims to capture the current status of OWC technology (regarding both onshore and floating devices) and to present potential improvements towards commercialisation. Authors are encouraged to submit articles that aim to address the following questions:

• How can we improve power output of OWC?
• How can we reduce uncertainties in OWC design and improve survivability?
• Can we combine onshore OWC’s with conventional breakwaters?
• What are the lessons learnt from past projects?

Research and applications articles are welcome. Review articles on OWC technology will be considered, as long as a case is made about capturing any new developments or lessons following previous review papers in the literature.

Dr. Aggelos S. Dimakopoulos
Guest Editor

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• Oscillating water column
• Wave energy
• Marine renewables
• Design of coastal structures
• Renewable energy
• Physical modelling
• Numerical modelling