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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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659Ocean Energy Conversion
© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
conversion. A successful OWC system, called the Limpet, was constructed in the year 2000
at the Scottish island Islay. A schematic diagram of this onshore wave power system dem-
onstrating its operation is shown in Figure 11.28. Air is compressed and decompressed
by the OWC, and this causes air to be forced through a Wells turbine located above. The
Wells turbine is capable of rotating in the same direction, regardless of the direction of the
airow. Thus, it generates power irrespective of the direction of movement of the water
column. The water column rises with each incoming wav
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ISBN: 9781466556966