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REVIEW OF WAVE CONVERTERS & PATENTS
Over topping devices capture water as waves rise up a slope and over the top into a storage reservoir. The water is then returned to the sea passing through a conventional low-head turbine which generates power. Over topping devices often use ‘collectors’ to concentrate the wave energy.
Entrapment Problem. (OceanReneableEnergy.com)
Animation from Aqua-RET.
OVERTOPPING TERMINATOR WAVE CONVERTER TYPE
PATENT EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE
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