Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 2026 (ESCI, Scopus)
This paper presents a pendulum-type wave energy harvester that has been designed and tested for varying wave conditions using the ANSYS Aqwa simulation software. In addition, an optimal buoy has been designed and tested with the harvester by using the ANSYS Space Claim software. The wave parameters of the Turkish province of Ordu, located on the south side of the Black Sea, were selected for the simulations. An optimal laboratory scale harvester was fabricated and tested from evaluation of the data obtained from the simulations. The alternator inside the generator used 16 magnets of 20 × 20 × 50 cm. The Halbach configuration was chosen as the configuration, as this increases the magnetic flux by about 60%. The proposed system was specifically developed for low-amplitude, low-frequency wave conditions typical of the Black Sea, representing an underexplored regime in wave energy research. Compared to similar laboratory-scale harvesters, the PWEH achieved up to 15% higher overall conversion efficiency, demonstrating the effectiveness of the optimized pendulum–gear–alternator integration. The harvester has an overall electrical efficiency of 22% in simulations and 17% in experiments. The design of the harvester makes it suitable for any real-world application in a marine environment.