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2 years ago Hi @sinclairwan,
The waves.power variable can be found in the waveClass (WEC-Sim/source/objects/waveClass.m). In this file, the wave power is defined as Wave Power Per Unit Wave Crest [W/m]. The wave power needs to be converted to W in order to compare directly to the output electric power.
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Describe the bug or issue I have modified the userdefinedfunctions.m file, and obtained the output voltage, current and electric power of the device . I hope to get the input energy of the irregular wave, and then calculate the wave energy conversion efficiency of the device. Now I have found the power option in the waveclass in the work area, but I don't know whether the power here refers to the total input wave energy, because I found that the calculated output electric power is not in the same order of magnitude as the values in the table, so does it need to multiply the values in the table by a constant to be the real input wave energy?
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Expected behavior I want to know how to calculate the energy of incoming waves。
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Additional context Since computing efficiency is a very important part of my graduation thesis, I am looking forward to your answer