Welcome to MaxRotorWEC Project

This project devoted to the development of a new control strategy that can significantly improve the performance of cyclorotor-based wave energy converters, reducing costs, maximising energy produced and extending the device’s lifespan.

This website has emanated from research conducted with the financial support of Science Foundation Ireland and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland under the SFI-IRC Pathway Programme 22/PATH-S/10793

The experimental testing of 1:20 scaled prototype of the LiftWEC cyclorotor

The 3D scaled prototype was designed, built, assembled and commissioned by Ecole Centrale Nantes (ECN), France. Experimental testing of the 3D scaled prototype, in regular and irregular waves, was conducted in the Hydraulic and Offshore Engineering wave Tank (HOET) in September and October 2022.