Utilization of Model Predictive Control to Balance Power Absorption Against Load Accumulation
Abstract
Wave energy converter (WEC) control strategies have been primarily focused on maximizing power absorption. The use of model predictive control strategies allows for a finite-horizon, multiterm objective function to be solved. This work utilizes a multiterm objective function to maximize power absorption while minimizing the structural loads on the WEC system. Furthermore, a Kalman filter and autoregressive model were used to estimate and forecast the wave exciting force and predict the future dynamics of the WEC. The WEC's power-take-off time-averaged power and structural loads under a perfect forecast assumption in irregular waves were compared against results obtained from the Kalman filter and autoregressive model to evaluate model predictive control performance.
- Authors:
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), NREL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1416516
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5000-70752
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the Twenty-Seventh (2017) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, 25-30 June 2017, San Francisco, California
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; wave energy converter; model predictive control; autoregressive parameterization; wave forecast; NREL
Citation Formats
Abbas, Nikhar, and Tom, Nathan M. Utilization of Model Predictive Control to Balance Power Absorption Against Load Accumulation. United States: N. p., 2017.
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Abbas, Nikhar, & Tom, Nathan M. Utilization of Model Predictive Control to Balance Power Absorption Against Load Accumulation. United States.
Abbas, Nikhar, and Tom, Nathan M. 2017.
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abstractNote = {Wave energy converter (WEC) control strategies have been primarily focused on maximizing power absorption. The use of model predictive control strategies allows for a finite-horizon, multiterm objective function to be solved. This work utilizes a multiterm objective function to maximize power absorption while minimizing the structural loads on the WEC system. Furthermore, a Kalman filter and autoregressive model were used to estimate and forecast the wave exciting force and predict the future dynamics of the WEC. The WEC's power-take-off time-averaged power and structural loads under a perfect forecast assumption in irregular waves were compared against results obtained from the Kalman filter and autoregressive model to evaluate model predictive control performance.},
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year = {Sat Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
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