Project

The general aim of the PhD project is to develop and evaluate innovative methods for mitigation of flooding and coastal erosion hazard in the context of increasing storminess and sea level rise. The PhD project will be related mainly to experimental testing of various innovative methods for improving the safety of European coasts in a changing climate. These methods will among others be upgrade of existing defenses (dikes, breakwaters etc.) and reduction of wave energy at the coasts by utilization of wave energy converters placed near-shore.

The Wave Star wave energy machine converts the energy of waves into electricity. Wave Star is under development and model tests are being carried out at Aalborg University. The tests are carried out with a view to optimising the efficiency in different wave conditions and mapping effects such as the orientation of the plant in relation to the waves. The tests are supplemented with computer calculations. The project is being carried out in collaboration with Wave Star Energy.