Wave energy in Anzali port (Iran)

Nowadays, renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and ocean energy, without negative environmental impacts, are considered. Wave energy is a kind of renewable energy resource with high power density considered especially in coastal regions. In this study, a third generation spectral model, SWAN model, has been used to simulate wave parameters that are required for the estimation of wave energy in Anzali. For this purpose, QuikSCAT wind field wasused as the wind input in the SWAN model. The model results were calibrated and verified with buoy recorded data.After verification of the model, wave characteristics in the entire study region were produced. First, annual energy was calculated in the study area; and second, the seasonal variations in this area were investigated. It was found that the most energetic waves are occurred in winter and its contribution to the total annual energy is 44%. Average waveenergy, its maximum value is about 1.2 kW/m, is different from the maximum wave energy considerably. Furthermore, linear regression was employed and the relationship between the maximum and average wave energy for Anzali domain was found

Keywords:

wave energy estimation , SWAN , Anzali