Penalba, Markel and Ringwood, John (2018) A reduced wave-to-wire model for controller design and power assessment of wave energy converters. In: Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore. Taylor & Francis, pp. 379-386. ISBN 9781138585355

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Abstract

Precise mathematical models are essential for designing energy maximising control strategies and assessing power production capabilities of Wave Energy Converters (WECs). However, commonly used mathematical models excessively simplify Wave-Structure Hydrodynamic Interactions (WSHIs) and/or the Power Take-Off (PTO) system, due to the need for fast models, resulting in poor control strategies and misestimated power production estimates. The suitability of a reduced Wave-toWire (rW2W) model is studied here, which includes only the necessary dynamics and losses of the WSHI and PTO system, significantly reducing mathematical requirements of a comprehensive High-Fidelity W2W (HFW2W) model. Results demonstrate that the controller designed using the rW2W model is very similar to that designed via the HFW2W model, ensuring a satisfactory performance of the WEC. In addition, power production capabilities of a WEC assessed using the rW2W and HFW2W models show very similar results, with differences of up to 5% in the annual mean power production.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Funding: This material is based upon works supported by Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 13/ IA/1886.
Keywords:	reduced; wave to wire; model; controller; design; power assessment; wave energy converters;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research
Item ID:	14299
Depositing User:	Professor John Ringwood
Date Deposited:	01 Apr 2021 13:37
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
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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