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Faedo, Nicolás, Mosquera, Facundo D., Pasta, Edoardo, Papini, Guglielmo, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Evangelista, Carolina A., Ferri, Francesco, Ringwood, John and Puleston, Paul (2024) Experimental assessment of combined sliding mode & moment-based control (SM2C) for arrays of wave energy conversion systems. Control Engineering Practice, 144. p. 105818. ISSN 09670661

García-Violini, Demián, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás, Bianchi, Fernando and Ringwood, John (2024) A model invalidation procedure for wave energy converters with experimental assessment and implications for control. Control Engineering Practice, 143. p. 105778. ISSN 09670661

García-Violini, Demián, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás, Ferri, Francesco and Ringwood, John V. (2023) A Broadband Time-Varying Energy Maximising Control for Wave Energy Systems (LiTe-Con+): Framework and Experimental Assessment. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 14 (3). pp. 1516-1525. ISSN 1949-3029

Ringwood, John, Zhan, Siyuan and Faedo, Nicolás (2023) Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls. Annual Reviews in Control, 55. pp. 18-44. ISSN 1367-5788

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Garcia-Violini, Demián, Ferri, Francesco, Mattiazzo, Giuliana and Ringwood, John (2023) Experimental assessment and validation of energy-maximising moment-based optimal control for a prototype wave energy converter. Control Engineering Practice, 133 (105454). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0967-0661

Pasta, Edoardo, Papini, Guglielmo, Carapellese, Fabio, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2023) Experimental assessment of an unknown-input estimator for a nonlinear wave energy converter. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 56 (2). pp. 11711-11716. ISSN 2405-8963

Celesti, Maria Luisa, Paduano, Bruno, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Pasta, Edoardo, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2023) On the behaviour of a combined wind-wave energy conversion platform under energy-maximising control conditions. OCEANS 2023. pp. 1-6.

Skiarski, Agustina, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2023) Tidal barrage operation optimization using moment-based control. Proceedings of the European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 15. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2706-6932

Papini, Guglielmo, Dores Piuma, Francisco Javier Dores, Faedo, Nicolás, Ringwood, John and Mattiazzo, Giuliana (2022) Nonlinear Model Reduction by Moment-Matching for a Point Absorber Wave Energy Conversion System. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10 (5). p. 656. ISSN 2077-1312

Faedo, Nicolás, Giorgi, G., Ringwood, John and Mattiazzo, Giuliana (2022) Optimal control of wave energy systems considering nonlinear Froude–Krylov effects: control-oriented modelling and moment-based control. Nonlinear Dyn.

Faedo, Nicolás, García-Violini, Demián and Ringwood, John (2021) Controlling synchronization in a complex network of nonlinear oscillators via feedback linearisation and H∞-control. Chaos, Solitions and Fractals, 144. pp. 1-6. ISSN 0960-0779

Faedo, Nicolás, Scarciotti, Giordano, Astolfi, Alessandro and Ringwood, John (2021) Energy-maximising moment-based constrained optimal control of ocean wave energy farms. IET Renewable Power Generation. ISSN 1752-1416

Faedo, Nicolás, Scarciotti, Giordano, Astolfi, Alessandro and Ringwood, John (2021) Energy‐maximising moment‐based constrained optimal control of ocean wave energy farms. IET Renewable Power Generation, 15 (14). pp. 3395-3408. ISSN 1752-1416

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña‐Sanchez, Yerai, Carapellese, Fabio, Mattiazzo, Giuliana and Ringwood, John (2021) LMI‐based passivation of LTI systems with application to marine structures. IET Renewable Power Generation, 15 (14). pp. 3424-3433. ISSN 1752-1416

Windt, Christian, Faedo, Nicolás, Penalba, Markel, Dias, Frederic and Ringwood, John (2021) Reactive control of wave energy devices – the modelling paradox. Applied Ocean Research, 109. pp. 1-15. ISSN 0141-1187

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2021) Receding-Horizon Energy-Maximising Optimal Control of Wave Energy Systems Based on Moments. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 12 (1). pp. 378-386. ISSN 1949-3029

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2020) Parameterisation of Radiation Forces for Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Wave Energy Converters Using Moment-Matching. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 30 (4). pp. 395-402. ISSN 1053-5381

Windt, Christian, Davidson, Josh, Chandar, Dominic, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2020) Evaluation of the overset grid method for control studies of wave energy converters in OpenFOAM numerical wave tanks. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 6. pp. 55-70. ISSN 2198-6444

Faedo, Nicolás, Dores Piuma, Francisco Javier, Giorgi, Giuseppe and Ringwood, John V. (2020) Nonlinear model reduction for wave energy systems: a moment-matching-based approach. Nonlinear Dynamics, 102 (3). pp. 1215-1237. ISSN 0924-090X

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John V. (2020) Parametric representation of arrays of wave energy converters for motion simulation and unknown input estimation: A moment-based approach. Applied Ocean Research, 98. p. 102055. ISSN 0141-1187

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John V. (2020) Parametric representation of arrays of wave energy converters for motion simulation and unknown input estimation: A moment-based approach. Applied Ocean Research, 98. p. 102055. ISSN 01411187

García-Violini, Demián, Faedo, Nicolás, Jaramillo-Lopez, Fernando and Ringwood, John (2020) Simple Controllers for Wave Energy Devices Compared. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8 (793). ISSN 2077-1312

Windt, Christian, Faedo, Nicolás, García-Violini, Demián, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Davidson, Josh, Ferri, Francesco and Ringwood, John (2020) Validation of a CFD-Based Numerical Wave Tank Model of the 1/20th Scale Wavestar Wave Energy Converter. Fluids, 5 (112). ISSN 2311-5521

Ringwood, John, Mérigaud, Alexis, Faedo, Nicolás and Fusco, Francesco (2019) An Analytical and Numerical Sensitivity and Robustness Analysis of Wave Energy Control Systems. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. ISSN 1063-6536

Cunningham, Jake, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2019) Excitation force estimation for wave energy systems using a moment-domain representation. European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference Proceedings (1418). ISSN 2706-6940

Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás, Penalba, Markel, Giuseppe, Giorgi, Mérigaud, Alexis, Windt, Christian, Violini, Demian Garcia, LiGuo, Wang and Ringwood, John (2019) Finite-order hydrodynamic approximation by moment-matching (FOAMM) toolbox for wave energy applications. European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference Proceedings, 2019 (1448). ISSN 2706-6940

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Giorgi, Giuseppe and Ringwood, John (2019) Moment-Matching-Based Input-Output Parametric Approximation for a Multi-DoF WEC Including Hydrodynamic Nonlinearities. European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference Proceedings (1449). ISSN 2706-6940

Faedo, Nicolás, Scarciotti, Giordano, Astolfi, Alessandro and Ringwood, John (2018) Energy-maximising control of wave energy converters using a moment-domain representation. Control Engineering Practice, 81. pp. 85-96. ISSN 0967-0661

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2018) Finite-order hydrodynamic model determination for wave energy applications using moment-matching. Ocean Engineering, 163. pp. 251-263. ISSN 0029-8018

Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2018) Moment-Based Constrained Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters: Flap-Type Device. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51 (29). pp. 50-55. ISSN 2405-8963

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2018) Moment-Matching-Based Identification of Wave Energy Converters: the ISWEC Device. Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles, 51 (29). pp. 189-194.

Ringwood, John, Mérigaud, Alexis, Faedo, Nicolás and Fusco, Francesco (2018) Wave Energy Control Systems: Robustness Issues. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51 (29). pp. 62-67. ISSN 2405-8963

Faedo, Nicolás, 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

Book Section

Windt, Christian, Faedo, Nicolás, Penalba, Markel and Ringwood, John (2019) Assessment of the Evaluation Framework for Energy Maximising Control Systems for the Wavestar Wave Energy Converter. In: 2019 American Control Conference (ACC). IEEE, pp. 4791-4796. ISBN 9781538679265

Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2019) A Critical Comparison Between Parametric Approximation Methods for Radiation Forces in Wave Energy Systems. In: Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth (2019) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), pp. 174-181. ISBN 9781880653852

Faedo, Nicolás, Scarciotti, Giordano, Astolfi, Alessandro and Ringwood, John (2019) Moment-based constrained optimal control of an array of wave energy converters. In: 2019 American Control Conference (ACC). IEEE, pp. 4797-4802. ISBN 9781538679265

Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2019) Moment-based parametric identification of arrays of wave energy converters. In: 2019 American Control Conference (ACC). IEEE, pp. 4785-4790. ISBN 9781538679265

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2019) Parameterisation of Radiation Forces for a Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Wave Energy Converter Using Moment-Matching. In: Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth (2019) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), pp. 166-173. ISBN 9781880653852

Faedo, Nicolás, García-Violini, Demián, Scarciotti, Giordano, Astolfi, Alessandro and Ringwood, John (2019) Robust Moment-Based Energy-Maximising Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters. In: 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). IEEE, pp. 4286-4291. ISBN 9781728113975

Ringwood, John, Ferri, Francesco, Tom, Nathan, Ruehl, Kelley M., Faedo, Nicolás, Bacelli, Giorgio, Yu, Yi-Hsiang and Coe, Ryan G. (2019) The wave energy converter control competition. In: Proceedings of the ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASME, pp. 1-10.

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2018) Passivity preserving moment-based finite-order hydrodynamic model identification for wave energy applications. In: Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore. Taylor & Francis, pp. 351-359. ISBN 9781138585355

Conference or Workshop Item

Moens de Haste, Diego, Pasta, Edoardo, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2021) Towards efficient extremum-seeking control of wave energy systems: possibilities and pitfalls. In: 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 5-9th Sept 2021, Plymouth, UK.

Zabala, Inaki, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Kelly, Thomas, Henriques, João, Penalba, Markel, Faedo, Nicolás, Ringwood, John and Blanco, Jesus M. (2021) BEMRosetta: An open-source hydrodynamic coefficients converter and viewer integrated with Nemoh and FOAMM. In: 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 5-9th Sept 2021, Plymouth, UK.

Faedo, Nicolás, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, García-Violini, Demián and Ringwood, John (2021) On the feasibility of energy-maximising controllers for an Argentinian wave energy system. In: XIX Reunin de Trabajo en Procesamiento de la Informacin y Control, 3-5 November, San Juan Argentina.

Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2021) A control design framework for wave energy devices. In: 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 5-9th Sept 2021, Plymouth, UK.

García-Violini, Demián, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás, Windt, Christian and Ringwood, John (2020) LTI energy-maximising control for the Wave Star wave energy converter: identification, design, and implementation. In: IFAC World Congress 2020, 11-17 July 2020, Berlin, Germany.

Astolfi, Alessandro, Scarciotti, Giordano, Simard, Joel, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2020) Model Reduction by Moment Matching: Beyond Linearity A Review of the Last 10 Years. In: 2020 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 14-18 December 2020, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea.

Faedo, Nicolás, García-Violini, Demián, Peña-Sanchez, Yerai and Ringwood, John (2020) Optimisation- vs. non-optimisation- based energy-maximising control for wave energy converters: A case study. In: 2020 European Control Conference (ECC), 12-15 May 2020, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás and Ringwood, John (2018) Hydrodynamic Model Fitting for Wave Energy Applications Using Moment-Matching: A Case Study. In: 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, 10-15 June 2018, Sapporo, Japan.

Thesis

Faedo, Nicolás (2020) Optimal control and model reduction for wave energy systems: A moment-based approach. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.