Co-design of a wave energy converter for autonomous power

A “bolt-on” wave energy converter is designed to provide power for sensors on an existing oceanographic buoy. The narrow-banded pitch/roll response of the target oceanographic buoy lends itself to a tuned-resonator design, for which we suggest a novel “pitch resonator” wave energy converter concept....

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Published inIFAC-PapersOnLine Vol. 58; no. 20; pp. 446 - 451
Main Authors Coe, Ryan G., Devin, Michael C., Ströfer, Carlos A. Michelén, Lee, Jantzen, Bacelli, Giorgio, Keow, Alicia, Gaebele, Daniel T., Grasberger, Jeff, Spencer, Steven J., Spinneken, Johannes, Neary, Vincent S., Meuris, Brek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2024
Subjects
autonomous power
pseudo-spectral method
wave energy converter (WEC)
pseudo-spectral method
wave energy converter (WEC)
autonomous power
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Summary:A “bolt-on” wave energy converter is designed to provide power for sensors on an existing oceanographic buoy. The narrow-banded pitch/roll response of the target oceanographic buoy lends itself to a tuned-resonator design, for which we suggest a novel “pitch resonator” wave energy converter concept. Using a pseudo-spectral method, the performance of the proposed wave energy converter is modeled in the range of sea states expected to be present at the target deployment location to study the effect of flywheel inertia on performance. The results show that the system can marginally meet the desired power demands, but suggest that related design concepts may be worth consideration.
ISSN:2405-8963
2405-8963
DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.10.094