Wave energy exploitation with OWC devices embodied in fixed/floating structures

Reference person
Felice
Arena
arena@unirc.it

Host University/Institute
Reggio Calabria University of Mediterranean Studies

Internship
Y

Research Keywords
Water wave mechanics
Energy harvesting
Offshore engineering

Reference ERCs
PE8_3 Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics
PE8_6 Energy processes engineering
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Reference SDGs
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
GOAL 13: Climate Action

Studente
Spanò Antonino Simone

Supervisor
Arena Felice

Co-Supervisor
Malara Giovanni

Description

Suggested skills:

Fluid mechanics

Wave mechanics

Random process theory

Dynamics of structures

Numerical analysis

Algorithm coding (Fortran, Matlab,Python, etc.)

Research team and environment

The research team operates at theNOEL (Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory): a laboratory established withinUNIRC. It is composed by a highly specialized team working in the field ofocean engineering and marine energy. Actually, the team involves 1 Professor, 2Ass. Professors, 3 Researchers, 2 Post-docs and 2 PhD Students. The team has a30-year experience in conducting field experiments on small-scale models ofmarine structures and of wave energy harvesters at the NOEL natural basin. Thislaboratory is a unique environment where experimentalists can pursue tests withthe support, acquisition data center and specialized personnel (seewww.noel.unirc.it).