Faedo, Nicolás and Olaya, Sébastien and Ringwood, John (2017) Optimal control, MPC and MPC-like algorithms for wave energy systems: An overview. IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, 1. pp. 37-56. ISSN 2468-6018

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Abstract

Model predictive control (MPC) has achieved considerable success in the process industries, with its ability to deal with linear and nonlinear models, while observing system constraints and considering future behaviour. Given these characteristics, against the backdrop of the energy maximising control problem for Wave Energy Converters (WECs), with physical constraints on system variables and a non-causal optimal control solution it is, perhaps, natural to consider the application of MPC to the WEC problem. However, the WEC energy maximisation problem requires a significant modification of the traditional MPC objective function, resulting in a potentially non-convex optimisation problem. A variety of MPC formulations for WECs have been proposed, with variations in the WEC model, discretisation method, objective function and optimisation algorithm employed. This paper attempts to provide a critical comparison of the various WEC MPC algorithms, while also presenting WEC MPC algorithms within the broader context of other WEC “optimal” control schemes.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Model predictive control; Receding horizon; Wave energy conversion; Wave energy device; Constrained optimisation; Optimal control;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research
Item ID:	12454
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacsc.2017.07.001
Depositing User:	Professor John Ringwood
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2020 15:32
Journal or Publication Title:	IFAC Journal of Systems and Control
Publisher:	Elsevier
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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