AcademicArticleSCO_85016224675

abstract

• © 2016 IEEE. Mexico has great potential for ocean energy due to the length of its coastline. This work emerged with the aim of exploring and studying the potential of wave energy conversion (WEC) in Mexico. The power intensity that can be extracted from WEC at six nodes located near the main seaports of Mexico is analyzed. We consider a power buoy arrangement as a point absorber connected to a linear permanent magnet generator (LPMG). Descriptive statistics and box plots were used to handle the measured data obtained from the moored buoys. Wave power density and wave characteristics were obtained, since the LPMG design depends on them. We emulate wave behavior and simulate the linear generator, designed with the finite element method to validate voltage and power output with regular wave excitation. This work seeks to advance our knowledge concerning the design of WEC components for the development of micro-generation systems.