Study of a Wave Energy Converter (Wec) for the Area with the Greatest Potential in Mexican Coasts

Wave energy, being a renewable energy, is a source of energy that takes advantage of the energy potential contained in the oceans. As humanity depends more and more on electrical energy, it is necessary to have better technologies that are more efficient to generate them.The study of the geometry of buoys that can be used as WEC for its acronym in English (Wave Energy Converter ) to generate energy on Mexican coasts was carried out, which selects a location in the Gulf of Mexico and another in the Pacific Ocean, studying metocean conditions of the Mexican coast.The buoys are analyzed based on a hydrodynamic study that allows us to observe through numerical simulation the response of movements when they are impacted by the waves and thus select an optimal and efficient configuration.The calculation of response to energy potential developed in this work provides an initial overview for the design of power generation systems in the future.