The Environmental Impact of a Wave Dragon Array Operating in the Black Sea

Table 7

Evaluation of the impact of the energy farms on the nearshore currents in terms of maximum current velocities along the reference lines RL1–RL7 for 𝐻_𝑠 = 1 m, 𝐻_𝑠 = 3 m, 𝐻_𝑠 = 5 m, and three different wave directions (30°, 90°, 150°). The two configurations (WD0 and WD6) were considered in parallel.

Case study	Line	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6	L7
	config.
H1D30	WD0	0.93	0.29	0.74	0.33	0.50	0.31	0.49
	WD6	1.16	0.40	0.75	0.33	0.53	0.30	0.48
H1D90	WD0	0.29	0.13	0.23	0.02	0.19	0.08	0.23
	WD6	0.32	0.15	0.05	0.04	0.25	0.03	0.24
H1D150	WD0	0.76	0.25	0.99	0.39	0.74	0.30	0.89
	WD6	0.73	0.24	0.97	0.38	0.74	0.30	0.89
H3D30	WD0	1.63	0.75	1.20	0.58	0.62	0.69	0.49
	WD6	1.63	0.75	1.28	0.63	0.64	1.66	0.48
H3D90	WD0	0.55	0.31	0.72	0.10	0.22	0.07	0.29
	WD6	0.68	0.33	0.49	0.21	0.26	0.05	0.30
H3D150	WD0	1.04	0.28	1.92	0.74	0.91	0.71	0.94
	WD6	1.01	0.26	1.89	0.76	0.93	0.36	0.94
H5D30	WD0	1.55	0.70	0.73	0.82	0.50	0.68	0.41
	WD6	1.55	0.70	1.04	0.86	0.52	0.67	0.40
H5D90	WD0	0.34	0.09	1.33	0.50	0.38	0.26	0.43
	WD6	0.41	0.15	1.25	0.53	0.40	0.26	0.43
H5D150	WD0	0.85	0.26	1.98	1.02	0.77	0.32	1.04
	WD6	0.82	0.24	2.04	1.14	0.77	0.32	1.04