Marco Fontana

Thesis title

Sloshing tank to enhance WEC performance: Modelling, validation and integration

Tutors

• Giovanni Bracco
• Giuliana Mattiazzo

• Mechatronics and servosystems (DIMEAS)

• Fontana, Marco; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Accardi, Massimiliano; Giorcelli, Ermanno; Brizzolara, ... (2023)
  Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Dynamics of a U-Shaped Sloshing Tank to Increase the Performance of Wave Energy Converters. In: JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, vol. 11. ISSN 2077-1312
  Contributo su Rivista
• Fontana, Marco; Sirigu, SERGEJ ANTONELLO (2023)
  Performance enhancement of pitching WECs via oscillating water columns technology. In: 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC 2023, Bilbao (ES), 3-7 September 2023.. ISSN 2309-1983
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Sirigu, S. A.; Fontana, M.; Paduano, B. (2022)
  Experimental Identification of Synthetic Ropes Stiffness for Scaled Mooring Systems. In: 4th International Conference of the IFToMM Italy, IFIT 2022, pp. 891-899. ISBN: 978-3-031-10775-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Fontana, Marco; Sirigu, Sergej A.; Bonfanti, Mauro (2022)
  Study of U-shaped sloshing tanks to tune Wave Energy Converters through high-fidelity CFD simulations as geometry changes. In: 2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), pp. 1-6. ISBN: 978-1-6654-7095-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Fontana, M.; Casalone, P.; Dell'Edera, O.; Niosi, F.; Battisti, B.; Mattiazzo, G. (2021)
  Viscous damping analysis of WEC’s hull in yaw motion - methodology and viscous damping parameters identification. In: 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC 2021, pp. 2090-1-2090-5. ISSN 2309-1983
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

• Modular floating platforms system. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Marco Fontana Enrico Giglio Sergej Antonello Sirigu