TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling and control strategy of an oscillating water column-wave energy converter with an impulse turbine module
AU - Song, Seung Kwan
AU - Park, Jin Bae
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems - ICROS.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/12/23
Y1 - 2015/12/23
N2 - The global energy demand requires alternative resource from the fossil fuels and nuclear fission. Ocean energy should take in charge of a key role in renewable energy due to the high density and vast amount of its energy in the near future. In particular, an oscillating water column-wave energy converter (OWC-WEC) is one of the most promising devices to capture energy from the ocean waves. This kind of devices consists of a capture chamber, power take off (PTO) module such as a Wells turbine or an impulse turbine, and a generator. An overall efficiency of this device is determined by the efficiency of each component: wave to pneumatic conversion in the capture chamber, pneumatic to mechanical conversion in the PTO, and mechanical to electrical conversion in the generator. Among them, the second stage has a high nonlinearity which is a function of flow coefficient. In order to achieve the good performance, the PTO module should been operated with an optimal flow coefficient. Meanwhile, considering the grid connection, it is also important that the device provides a constant voltage. Since the induced voltage of the generator is proportional to rotor angular speed, a controller for the constant angular speed is also required.
AB - The global energy demand requires alternative resource from the fossil fuels and nuclear fission. Ocean energy should take in charge of a key role in renewable energy due to the high density and vast amount of its energy in the near future. In particular, an oscillating water column-wave energy converter (OWC-WEC) is one of the most promising devices to capture energy from the ocean waves. This kind of devices consists of a capture chamber, power take off (PTO) module such as a Wells turbine or an impulse turbine, and a generator. An overall efficiency of this device is determined by the efficiency of each component: wave to pneumatic conversion in the capture chamber, pneumatic to mechanical conversion in the PTO, and mechanical to electrical conversion in the generator. Among them, the second stage has a high nonlinearity which is a function of flow coefficient. In order to achieve the good performance, the PTO module should been operated with an optimal flow coefficient. Meanwhile, considering the grid connection, it is also important that the device provides a constant voltage. Since the induced voltage of the generator is proportional to rotor angular speed, a controller for the constant angular speed is also required.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICCAS.2015.7364693
DO - 10.1109/ICCAS.2015.7364693
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84966263912
T3 - ICCAS 2015 - 2015 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Proceedings
SP - 1983
EP - 1988
BT - ICCAS 2015 - 2015 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, ICCAS 2015
Y2 - 13 October 2015 through 16 October 2015
ER -