Garcia-Violini, Demian and Ringwood, John V. (2019) Robust Control of Wave Energy Converters Using Spectral and Pseudospectral Methods: A Case Study. In: 2019 American Conference ACC, 10-12 July 2019, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Abstract

Although Spectral and Pseudospectral methods have been used in a wide range of optimal control applications, to date, most of the literature uses these methods in a non-robust sense without considering possible dynamic deviation (uncertainties) from the nominal model. This study applies a recent robust approach for spectral and pseudospectral methods to a wave energy converter, considering structured uncertainty in the dynamical system. The results show that the robust approach gives better worst-case performance than an equivalent non-robust approach. Additionally, when structured uncertainty is considered in the dynamical system, the results show that the absorbed energy, obtained with the robust approach, is always positive. Finally, the advantages of this new approach are commented.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	Cite as: D. García-Violini and J. V. Ringwood, "Robust Control of Wave Energy Converters Using Spectral and Pseudospectral Methods: A Case Study," 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), 2019, pp. 4779-4784, doi: 10.23919/ACC.2019.8815297.
Keywords:	optimal control; power convertors; robust control; wave power generation;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
Item ID:	15978
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC.2019.8815297
Depositing User:	Professor John Ringwood
Date Deposited:	17 May 2022 14:45
Refereed:	Yes
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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