TFI has been working with leading wave energy company Wavebob to confirm the benefits of TfI's WaveProtector technology on Wavebob's wave energy converter.

The initial testing programme using Wavebob's PTO test rig has confirmed that WaveProtector technology provided full protection to Wavebob's device under the range of wave conditions tested.

Under the harshest conditions that the PTO test rig could produce the WaveProtector components controlled the stroke length within the desired parameters, with zero damping.

The WaveProtector components are designed to protect the device from exceeding the physical PTO stroke length even in 100 year storms with a hydraulic failure. The WaveProtector components also delivered significantly lower accelerations. The WaveProtector components maintained the deceleration of the float to less than half the deceleration which would occur with traditional buffer end-stops. This delivered substantial reductions in the shock and therefore fatigue which all components throughout the device must endure, offering significant enhancements to the lifetime of components.

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