Numerical Model Development and Validation for the WECCCOMP Control Competition

Conference · Sun Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2018-78094· OSTI ID:1482883

Tom, Nathan M ^[1]; Ruehl, Kelley ^[2]; Ferri, Francesco ^[3]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Sandia National Laboratories
3. Aalborg University

This paper details the development and validation of a numerical model of the Wavestar wave energy converter (WEC) developed in WEC-Sim. This numerical model was developed in support of the WEC Control Competition (WECCCOMP), a competition with the objective of maximizing WEC performance over costs through innovative control strategies. WECCCOMP has two stages: numerical implementation of control strategies, and experimental implementation. The work presented in this paper is for support of the numerical implementation, where contestants are provided a WEC-Sim model of the 1:20 scale Wavestar device to develop their control algorithms. This paper details the development of the numerical model in WEC-Sim and of its validation through comparison to experimental data.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1482883
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5000-72832
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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