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Modelling and control of a wave energy converter

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  • Nunes, Guilherme
  • Valério, Duarte
  • Beirão, Pedro
  • Sá da Costa, José

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This work addresses an off-shore oscillating water column for producing electricity from sea waves. It describes the modelling of this device and the study of control techniques that could improve energy extraction.

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  • Nunes, Guilherme & Valério, Duarte & Beirão, Pedro & Sá da Costa, José, 2011. "Modelling and control of a wave energy converter," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(7), pages 1913-1921.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:36:y:2011:i:7:p:1913-1921
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.12.018
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    1. Vincenzo Piscopo & Guido Benassai & Renata Della Morte & Antonio Scamardella, 2018. "Cost-Based Design and Selection of Point Absorber Devices for the Mediterranean Sea," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-23, April.
    2. Simonetti, I. & Cappietti, L. & Elsafti, H. & Oumeraci, H., 2018. "Evaluation of air compressibility effects on the performance of fixed OWC wave energy converters using CFD modelling," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 741-753.
    3. Ozkop, Emre & Altas, Ismail H., 2017. "Control, power and electrical components in wave energy conversion systems: A review of the technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 106-115.
    4. Ning, De-Zhi & Wang, Rong-Quan & Zou, Qing-Ping & Teng, Bin, 2016. "An experimental investigation of hydrodynamics of a fixed OWC Wave Energy Converter," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 636-648.
    5. Simonetti, I. & Cappietti, L. & Elsafti, H. & Oumeraci, H., 2017. "Optimization of the geometry and the turbine induced damping for fixed detached and asymmetric OWC devices: A numerical study," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 1197-1209.
    6. Falcão, António F.O. & Henriques, João C.C. & Cândido, José J., 2012. "Dynamics and optimization of the OWC spar buoy wave energy converter," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 369-381.

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