Henrique Cestaro

Mr. Henrique Cestaro


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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 January 2020 in Energies
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TCTomás Calheiros-Cabral
Tomás Calheiros-Cabral
Daniel ClementeDaniel Clemente
Daniel Clemente
Paulo Jorge Rosa SantosPaulo Jorge Rosa Santos
Paulo Jorge Rosa Santos
Francisco Taveira PintoFrancisco Taveira Pinto
Francisco Taveira Pinto
TMTiago Morais
Tiago Morais
HCHenrique Cestaro
Henrique Cestaro
Seaports are highly energy demanding infrastructures and are exposed to wave energy, which is an abundant resource and largely unexploited. As a result, there has been a rising interest in integrating wave energy converters (WEC) into the breakwaters of seaports. The present work analyzes the performance of an innovative hybrid WEC module combining an oscillating water column (OWC) and an overtopping device (OWEC) integrated into a rubble mound breakwater, based on results of a physical model study carried out at a geometrical scale of 1:50. Before the experimental tests, the device’s performance was numerically optimized using ANSYS Fluent and WOPSim v3.11. The wave power captured by the hybrid WEC was calculated and the performance of the two harvesting principles discussed. It was demonstrated that hybridization could lead to systems with higher efficiencies than its individual components, for a broader range of wave conditions. The chosen concepts were found to complement each other: the OWEC was more efficient for the lower wave periods tested and the OWC for the higher. Consequently, the power production of the hybrid WEC was found to be less dependent on the wave’s characteristics.

1 December 2020 in Energy
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TCTomás Calheiros-Cabral
Tomás Calheiros-Cabral
Daniel ClementeDaniel Clemente
Daniel Clemente
PRPaulo Rosa-Santos
Paulo Rosa-Santos
Francisco Taveira PintoFrancisco Taveira Pinto
Francisco Taveira Pinto
VRVictor Ramos
Victor Ramos
HCHenrique Cestaro
Henrique Cestaro

20 June 2022 in Applied Ocean Research
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HCHenrique Cestaro
Henrique Cestaro
NMNuno Mathias
Nuno Mathias
Nelson D GonçalvesNelson D Gonçalves
Nelson D Gonçalves
TMTiago Morais
Tiago Morais