Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC

Nathan Tom

Alan Wright

Jason Cotrell

Yi-Hsiang Yu

Robert Thresher

Michael Lawson

David Ogden

Yi Guo

Jennifer Van Rij

A two-body wave energy converter (WEC) that utilizes components in the two bodies having variable geometry is described. The WEC includes a surface control body which includes a first variable geometry component, and a reaction control body, which includes a second variable geometry component. During operating, the two variable geometry components may be substantially inflated to enable the WEC to generate electrical energy using power-take off (PTO) components or substantially deflated to allow for load shedding or protection from intense elements.

Two-body variable geometry wave energy converter

Described herein are wave energy conversion systems including actuated geometry components. An example system may include at least one body portion configured to transfer wave energy to a power take off device, and at least one actuated geometry component that is connected to the at least one body portion, the at least one actuated geometry component operable to modify a geometric profile of the system.

Wave energy conversion incorporating actuated geometry

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