Optimum power capture of a new wave energy converter in irregular waves

• Main Authors: Aggidis, George A., Rahmati, Mohammad T., Chaplin, Robert V., McCabe, Andrew P., Bhinder, Majid A., Mingham, Clive G., Causon, Derek M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2009
• Subjects: Pivot; Arctic
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/61534/

This paper presents the optimum power capture of a new point-absorber wave energy converter, in irregular waves. A stepwise control system for the wave energy converter (WEC) is developed. The control system is used to efficiently extract power from irregular waves where amplitudes vary from wave to...