Abstract
Estimation of ocean wave energy as a renewable energy is necessary due to the importance of using these kinds of energy resources instead of fossil fuels. In this paper, wave energy in the southern part of the Caspian Sea, near the Iranian coasts was assessed. Wave dataset were obtained from Iranian Seas Wave Model (ISWM) produced by Iran National Institute for Oceanography, consisting of 13-years wave hindcast data. For this purpose, wave energy was calculated for Iranian coasts of the Caspian Sea and three locations were selected for wave energy assessment based on their energy value and importance. These locations are Anzali, Noushahr and Amirabad ports. The average wave powers were 2.7, 2.9 and 2.2 kWm-1 for Anzali, Noushahr and Amirabad, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |
| Event | 18th congress of the IAHR-APD 2012 - Jeju, Iran, Islamic Republic of Duration: 20 Aug 2012 → 23 Aug 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | 18th congress of the IAHR-APD 2012 |
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| Country/Territory | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| City | Jeju |
| Period | 20/08/12 → 23/08/12 |
Keywords
- ocean wave energy
- Gulf of Oman
- Caspian Sea
- wave hindcast data
- wave power isolines
- wave heights
