Wave Tank Testing Report for Controls Validation of a Heaving Point Absorber

Previsic, Mirko

doi:10.15473/1660374

Title: Wave Tank Testing Report for Controls Validation of a Heaving Point Absorber

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The core objectives of this project is to improve the power capture of three different wave energy conversion (WEC) devices by more than 50% using an advanced control system and validate the attained improvements using wave tank and full scale testing. In parallel, we will bring along the development of a wave prediction system that is required to enable effective control and test it at full scale. The purposes of this report are to: 1. Plan and document the 1/25th scale device testing at the wave-tank facility; 2. Document the test article, setup and methodology, sensor and instrumentation, mooring, electronics, wiring, and data flow and quality assurance; 3. Communicate the testing results between the associated members; 4. Facilitate reviews that will help to ensure all aspects (risk, safety, testing procedures, etc.); 5. Provide a systematic guide to setting up, executing and decommissioning the experiment.

Authors:: Previsic, Mirko

Publication Date:: 2020-08-26

Other Number(s):: 329

DOE Contract Number:: EE0007173

Research Org.:: Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository (MHKDR); Re Vision Consulting

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)

Collaborations:: Re Vision Consulting

Subject:: 16 Tidal and Wave Power

Keywords:: MHK; Marine; Hydrokinetic; energy; power; wave; control; MPC; heaving; point absorber; point absorber buoy; WEC; excitation force; experiment; tank test; lab test; PTO; Oregon; Oregon State University; OSU; WAMIT; linear damping; simulation; model predictive control; optimal linear damping; optimization; radiation damping; Causal control; Directional Wave Basin; O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory; Richmond Field Station; University of California at Berkeley; Berkeley; California; Corvallis; power take-off; Froude scaling; University of California; matlab; simulink; speedgoat

Geolocation:: 38.571579410585, -121.49085117187

OSTI Identifier:: 1660374

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15473/1660374

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"Wave Tank Testing Report for Controls Validation of a Heaving Point Absorber".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/1660374.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660374. Pub date:Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020

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  title        = {Wave Tank Testing Report for Controls Validation of a Heaving Point Absorber},

  author       = {Previsic, Mirko},

  abstractNote = {The core objectives of this project is to improve the power capture of three different wave energy conversion (WEC) devices by more than 50% using an advanced control system and validate the attained improvements using wave tank and full scale testing. In parallel, we will bring along the development of a wave prediction system that is required to enable effective control and test it at full scale. The purposes of this report are to: 1. Plan and document the 1/25th scale device testing at the wave-tank facility; 2. Document the test article, setup and methodology, sensor and instrumentation, mooring, electronics, wiring, and data flow and quality assurance; 3. Communicate the testing results between the associated members; 4. Facilitate reviews that will help to ensure all aspects (risk, safety, testing procedures, etc.); 5. Provide a systematic guide to setting up, executing and decommissioning the experiment.},

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