Reliability assessment of linear generator type wave energy converters
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Cretu, Alexandru; Munteanu, Radu; Iudean, Dan; Vladareanu, Victor; Karaisas, Petros
- Source
- 2016 International Conference on Applied and Theoretical Electricity (ICATE) Applied and Theoretical Electricity (ICATE), 2016 International Conference on. :1-5 Oct, 2016
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Maintenance engineering
Wave power
Oceans
Power system reliability
Generators
Reliability theory
Reliability
Wave energy
Converter
WEC
MTBF
- Language
Wave energy is an important renewable source of electricity that can be exploited. The reliability is an important issue for these energy converters due to the fact that they must be installed in harsh environments. The paper presents a reliability analysis of the linear generator type wave energy converters and shows the impact of the environment on the components of these devices.