DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MEU 08209 : Renewable energy Technologies

Tutorial 7 : Wave Energy Technology

1. Describe the major wave power technologies.

2. Wave energy is considered to be “renewable Energy”. Discuss.
3. What are three approaches of capturing wave energy?
4. As an Engineer, outline the potential environmental considerations for the
development of wave energy project.
5. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of wave energy.
6. What is the power extractable from a deep-sea wave system of wavelength
140 m and height 3 m?
7. What are the factors that determine the wave height?
8. The western coast of Scotland is incident by Atlantic waves of theoretical
maximum power 70 kW per metre of wave width. If a typical wave height is 2
m, what are the corresponding frequency and periodic time? Estimate the
realistic power available onshore.