Modeling and Simulation of a Power Generation System With a High Power Generator

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Anghel
Author(s):  
S. Chiba ◽  
M. Waki ◽  
C. Jiang ◽  
K. Fujita

Abstract As industrialization, worldwide population growth, and improvements in the living standards in developing countries continue, demands for energy, food, and water, likewise surge. This in turn accelerates global warming, and its resultant extreme weather effects. Among the measures proposed to meet the growing energy demands, the use of renewable energy is gaining more and more attention. In particular, wave power generation is attracting a great deal of attention as an effective use of ocean energy. However, current wave generators are large and very expensive relative to their output. Furthermore, they cannot generate power efficiently with wave directivity, small amplitude waves and so on. For these reasons, widespread use is very limited. In order to solve these problems, this paper discusses the possibility of a recently developed wave power generator that uses a newly developed dielectric elastomer (DE) as a new way to harvest renewable energy. We also discuss the technical breakthrough of building a mega power generation system using DEs.


1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1535-1543 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Naidu ◽  
N. Boules ◽  
R. Henry

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