This presentation describes the design, manufacturing and testing of an inflatable Dielectric Elastomer Generators (DEGs) with a stadium shape that is intended to be used as integrated prime-mover and power-take-off system of a submerged-membrane pressure-differential Ocean Wave Energy Converter (OWEC). Results highlight the good performances of the developed stadium-shape DEG and its potentialities within the considered OWEC.

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Marco Caselli, Amedeo Carloni, Lorenzo Agostini, Marco Fontana, and Rocco Vertechy, "Stadium-shape dielectric elastomer generator for submerged ocean wave energy converter," Proc. SPIE PC12482, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXV, PC124820E (Presented at SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation: March 14, 2023; Published: 28 April 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2658282.6323740038112.