Fusco, Francesco and Ringwood, John (2011) A Model for the Sensitivity of Non-Causal Control of Wave Energy Converters to Wave Excitation Force Prediction Errors. Proceedings of the 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC).

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Abstract

Wave Energy Converters (WECs) consisting of oscillating bodies can gain significant benefit from a real-time controller that is able to appropriately tune the system operation to the incident wave, thus allowing for a higher energy capture in a wider variety of wave conditions. Some of the proposed controllers, however, are non-causal and need predictions of the excitation force to be implemented in practise. A frequencydomain model is proposed, for the estimation of the effects that the wave- excitation-force prediction error has on the reference velocity that is calculated from the non-causal control law and, ultimately, on the absorbed power. The model can easily be derived exclusively from the predictor and from the non-causal law, with no additional information about the excitation force. Such a frequency-domain model can be valuable for the design of a robust control architecture, where the prediction error has a limited effect on the performance (power absorption). Focus is put on reactive control, but it is shown how the proposed sensitivity model can be generalised to other non-causal strategies, such as model predictive control.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	wave energy converter; control; wave forecasting;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research
Item ID:	3551
Depositing User:	Professor John Ringwood
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2012 09:38
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC)
Publisher:	School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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