“…One of the first studies on marine energy conversion systems dealing with the computer-aided design of the overall system is (Ito & Akagi, 1986). Later, in (Campora & Figari, 2003;Hansen, Adnanes, & Fossen, 2001;Jefferson, Zhou, & Hindmarch, 2003 ;Kyrtatos & Lambropoulos, 2000;Kyrtatos, Theodossopoulos, Theotokatos, & Xiros, 1999;Pedersen & Pedersen, 2012;Vrijdag, Stapersma, & Terwisga, 2009) process modelling approaches have been used for the analysis of marine propulsion systems. In (Dimopoulos, 2009;Dimopoulos, Kougioufas, & Frangopoulos, 2008;Tostevin & Nealy, 2003) the analysis and optimisation of generic marine energy production systems mostly focusing on steady-state synthesis, design and operation is presented.…”