Paperella, Francesco and Sivcev, Satja and Toal, Daniel and Ringwood, John (2019) A Low-Cost Motion Capture System for Small-Scale Wave Energy Device Tank Testing. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 141 (3). 031008. ISSN 0022-0434

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The measurement of the motion of a small scale wave energy device during wave tank tests is important for the evaluation of its response to waves and the assessment of power production. Usually, the motion of a small scale wave energy converter is measured using an optical motion tracking system with high precision and sampling rate. However, the cost for an optical motion tracking system can be considerably high and, therefore, the overall cost for tank testing is increased. This paper proposes a low-cost capture system composed of an inertial measurement unit and ultrasound sensors. The measurements from the ultrasound sensors are combined optimally with the measurements from the inertial measurement unit through an extended Kalman filter in order to obtain an accurate estimation of the motion of a wave energy converter.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the postprint version of the published article, which is available at aparella, F., Sivcev, S., Toal, D., and Ringwood, J. V. (November 8, 2018). "A Low-Cost Motion Capture System for Small-Scale Wave Energy Device Tank Testing." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. March 2019; 141(3): 031008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041608
Keywords:	Accelerometers; Errors; Navigation; Sensors; Testing; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasound; Wave energy; Waves; Rotation; Kalman filters;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research
Item ID:	12410
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041608
Depositing User:	Professor John Ringwood
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2020 15:07
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
Publisher:	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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