Feedback Resonating Control for a Wave Energy Converter
Through the use of advanced control techniques, wave energy converters (WECs) can achieve substantial increases in energy absorption. The motion of the WEC device is a significant contribution to the energy absorbed by the device. Reactive (complex conjugate) control maximizes the energy absorption due to the impedance matching. The issue with complex conjugate control is that, in general, the controller is noncausal, which requires prediction of the incoming waves. This article explores the potential of employing system identification techniques to build a causal transfer function that approximates the complex conjugate controller over a finite frequency band of interest. This approach is quite viable given the band-limited nature of ocean waves. The resulting controller is stable, and the average efficiency of the power captured by the causal controller in realistic ocean waves is 99%, when compared to the noncausal complex conjugate.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1607499
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2020-0174J; 681842
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 56, Issue 2; ISSN 0093-9994
- Publisher:
- IEEECopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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