Wave Energy System
Wave power varies considerably in different parts of the world. Areas of
the world with abundant wave power resource include the western coasts
of Scotland, northern Canada, southern Africa, Australia, and the
northwestern coast of the United States, particularly Alaska.
According to studies throughout history on this renewable energy, it is known that the amount of energy you can get from it, is proportional to the period of oscillation of the waves, like the square of the amplitude of these. For this reason it is known that such features are in maritime areas with depths between 40 and 100 meters. Depending on the depth of installation of the devices used for this purpose you can be classified into:
- on-shore
- near-shore
- off-shore
It is floating devices, inside of them is a piston-like structure that when
a wave crunches it moves up and down, generating mechanical
movement; below the piston is a magnetic shaft, so when a mechanical
movement is produced and a magnetic flow is there, an electrical flow is
produced, according to Lenz law. So this electrical energy is
transfered by the magnetic shaft attached to the floor and it's sent to
the shore by an underwater cable.
