Renewable energy resources of the marine environment and its control requirements

This paper presents a series of devices generating renewable energy from the marine environment, which in recent years have attracted increasing interest. Especially we describe the major types of Floating Wind Generators, Marine Current Turbines and various devices based on wave energy. It highligh...

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Published in:Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial RIAI
Main Authors: García, E., Correcher, A., Quiles, E., Morant, F.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2016
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/RIAI/article/view/9295
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riai.2016.03.002
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Summary:This paper presents a series of devices generating renewable energy from the marine environment, which in recent years have attracted increasing interest. Especially we describe the major types of Floating Wind Generators, Marine Current Turbines and various devices based on wave energy. It highlights key requirements to be considered from the point of view of control engineering, considering the objectives of achieving economic viability in view of its stability, reliability and availability in a particularly aggressive marine environment, where maintenance operations are particularly costly. En este artículo se presentan una serie de dispositivos generadores de energía renovable procedente del entorno marino, que en los últimos años han despertado creciente interés. En especial se describen los tipos principales de Generadores Eólicos Flotantes, las Turbinas de Corriente Marina y diversos dispositivos basados en Energía Undimotriz. Se destacan los principales requerimientos a considerar bajo el punto de vista de la ingeniería de control, considerando los objetivos de viabilidad económica a alcanzar teniendo en cuenta su estabilidad, fiabilidad y disponibilidad en un medio marino especialmente agresivo, donde las operaciones de mantenimiento resultan especialmente costosas.