Davidson, Josh and Windt, Christian and Giorgi, Giuseppe and Genest, Romain and Ringwood, John
(2017)
Evaluation of energy maximising control systems
for wave energy converters using OpenFOAM.
In:
OpenFOAM - Selected papers from the 11th workshop.
Springer International Publishing.
ISBN 783319608464
Abstract
Wave energy conversion is an active field of research, aiming to harness the vast amounts of energy present in ocean waves. An essential development trajectory
towards an economically competitive wave energy converter (WEC) requires early device experimentation and refinement using numerical tools. OpenFOAM is proving to be a useful numerical tool for WEC development, being increasingly
employed in recent years to simulate and analyse the performance of WECs. This chapter reviews the latest works employing OpenFOAM in the field of wave energy conversion, and then presents the new application, of evaluating energy maximising control systems (EMCSs) for WECs, in an OpenFOAM numerical wave tank (NWT). The advantages of using OpenFOAM for this application are discussed, and implementation details for simulating a controlled WEC in an OpenFOAM NWT
are outlined. An illustrative example is given, and results are presented, highlighting the value of evaluating EMCSs for WECs in an OpenFOAM NWT.
| Item Type: |
Book Section
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| Additional Information: |
This chapter is based upon work supported by Science Foundation Ireland under
Grant No. 13/IA/1886. |
| Keywords: |
OpenFOAM; Evaluation; energy maximising control systems; wave energy converters; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History |
| Item ID: |
9433 |
| Depositing User: |
Professor John Ringwood
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| Date Deposited: |
01 May 2018 13:41 |
| Publisher: |
Springer International Publishing |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Funders: |
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) |
| URI: |
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| 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
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