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Creator:: Bosma, Bret
Abstract:: Ocean wave energy converter technology continues to advance and new developers continue to emerge, leading to the need for a general design, modeling, and testing methodology. This work presents a development of the process of taking a wave energy converter from a concept to the prototype stage. A two body...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Bret Bosma for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Creator:: Zhang, Zhe
Abstract:: The performance of the power take-off (PTO) system for a wave energy converter (WEC) depends largely on its control algorithm. This paper presents an adaptive damping control algorithm that improves power capture across a range of sea states. Validation for the numerical model was performed using data from two sources;...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Bret Bosma contributed to the short-term wave forecasting work. The work presented in this

Creator:: Lettenmaier, Terrance
Abstract:: Ocean testing of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) prototypes is necessary to facilitate commercial WEC development. The Ocean Sentinel Instrumentation Buoy, completed in August 2012, provides a stand-alone load for WEC prototypes during ocean testing. The first part of this work was to develop the power conversion and data acquisition equipment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provided a thorough review of my thesis chapter covering that material. I also thank fellow student Bret

Creator:: Simmons, Asher
Abstract:: Wave energy converter (WEC) devices are complicated systems containing hydrodynamic, mechanical, and electrical elements. WEC design efforts are primarily focused in the time-domain, using frequency-based energy analyses and numerical problem solving approaches that are staples in hydrodynamic design efforts to form the basic information set used in these time-domain development...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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