A scientist at the National Engineering Laboratory in Scotland measures the output from a l/100th scale model of the Oscillating Water Column, a device being developed to extract power from waves. The latest in a series of models, it has a column at the front and rear and is moored at right angles to the wave, movement. As it rises and falls with the wave movement, water levels inside create differential air pressures. These are used to drive air turbines which in turn produce electricity.
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Press, 9 April 1981, Page 20
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85A scientist at the National Engineering Laboratory in Scotland measures the output from a l/100th scale model of the Oscillating Water Column, a device being developed to extract power from waves. The latest in a series of models, it has a column at the front and rear and is moored at right angles to the wave, movement. As it rises and falls with the wave movement, water levels inside create differential air pressures. These are used to drive air turbines which in turn produce electricity. Press, 9 April 1981, Page 20
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