Preliminary Assessment of control strategies for a point absorber WEC system

Bhamini. S Bhujun, Raj. K Dreepaul, Piyush Dhawankar, Rani. C Naidu, Krishna K Busawon

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Abstract

A high power extraction in Wave Energy Converters (WECs) is achievable via costly electric and power electronics equipment. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that an appropriate choice of WEC control strategy can help to achieve maximum power extraction. Passive loading and complex-conjugate control strategies are considered and their impacts on the power performance as well as power takeoff (PTO) rating is evaluated. The overall system performance is assessed for regular waves. For a large-scale WEC system, complex and expensive power electronics system may be considered but for the operation of small-scale WECs, a simpler system is more appropriate.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
Place of PublicationPiscataway, US
PublisherIEEE
Pages262-267
Number of pages6
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)9798350370942
ISBN (Print)9798350370959
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Aug 2024

Publication series

NameIEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
PublisherIEEE
ISSN (Print)2768-0762
ISSN (Electronic)2768-0770

Keywords

  • wave energy converter (WEC)
  • point absorber
  • control strategies
  • power takeoff (PTO)

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