RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Offshore desalination using wave energy A1 Serna Cantero, Álvaro A1 Tadeo Rico, Fernando Juan AB This paper evaluates the design of an offshore desalination plant currently under preliminary development.The purpose is to test the feasibility of producing drinkable water using wave energy in out-of-sight installations, as an alternative for those locations where land use, civil engineering works, and/or environmental impact make a coast-based solution inadequate. After describing the components, a proposal for sizing them is studied, based on using buoy-measured data at the expected location and their mathematical models of the different sections of the plant. Finally, by using measured buoy data, the influence of sizing on theexpected performance is studied for a specific location, and one of the designs is developed in detail. YR 2013 FD 2013 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/28500 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/28500 LA spa NO Advances in Mechanical Engineering,5, 539857. DS UVaDOC RD 24-nov-2024