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Fusco, Francesco and Ringwood, John (2013) A Simple and Effective Real-Time Controller for Wave Energy Converters. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 4 (1). ISSN 1949-3029
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Abstract
A novel strategy for the real-time control of oscillating
wave energy converters (WECs) is proposed. The controller tunes
the oscillation of the system such that it is always in phase with the
wave excitation force and the amplitude of the oscillation is within
given constraints. Based on a nonstationary, harmonic approximation
of the wave excitation force, the controller is easily tuned in
real-time for performance and constraints handling, through one
single parameter of direct physical meaning. The effectiveness of
the proposed solution is assessed for a heaving system in one degree
of freedom, in a variety of irregular (simulated and real) wave
conditions. A performance close to reactive control and to model
predictive control is achieved. Additional benefits in terms of simplicity
and robustness are obtained.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The definitive version of this article is available at 10.1109/TSTE.2012.2196717 . © 2013 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works. |
| Keywords: | Optimal control; real-time estimation; wave energy; wave forecasting; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research |
| Item ID: | 4411 |
| Depositing User: | Professor John Ringwood |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2013 15:15 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy |
| Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/4411 |
| 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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