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  • Passively controlled variable-speed generator system

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    Bathon, Tobias Siegfried
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    This thesis presents both an analysis and simulations of a passively controlled variable-speed generator system, which can be applied for renewable energy sources such as wind turbines. Parallel connected passive/external resistors and inductors are connected to the slip rings of a wound rotor induction machine to provide an acceptable speed...
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    System. Abstract approved: -- \"'//,-? Alan K. Wallace This thesis presents both an analysis and

  • Calibration, characterization, and linear quadratic Gaussian estimation of sensor feedback signals for a novel ocean wave energy linear test bed

    Creator:
    Haller, Christopher A.
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    Continual growth of the world's energy consumption and the demand for long-term clean renewable energy resources has led to the development of ocean-based wave energy technologies. Emerging technologies are advancing potential solutions to the complex problem of energy generation in the harsh and corrosive ocean environment. To develop these technologies,...
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    Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility. In 1996, the Motor Systems Research Facility (MSRF

  • A force control algorithm for a wave energy linear test bed

    Creator:
    Henshaw, Nathan R.
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    Researchers at Oregon State University, focusing on the development of ocean wave energy converters, have designed and installed a unique linear test bed to aid in the characterization of these converters. Under the original control scheme, the linear test bed follows a position profile and is limited in its ability...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Renewable Energy Center, the Wallace Energy Systems and Re- newables Facility (WESRF) is the highest power

  • A novel linear generator for wave energy applications

    Creator:
    Ernst, Steven George
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    With the increasing effort to identify alternative methods of energy generation, extraction of ocean energy has gathered a large interest. Research and industry have begun considering wave energy as the next new alternative energy. The unique challenges of ocean energy requires a wave energy converter to be both robust and...
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    Masters Thesis

  • A novel control design for a wave energy converter

    Creator:
    Schacher, Alphonse A.
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    Ocean wave energy is rapidly becoming a field of great interest in the world of renewable energy. Significant advancements in design and technology are being made to make wave energy a viable alternative for our growing energy demands. The two major hurdles for ocean wave energy to make a significant...
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    appreciation to my professors, Annette von Jouanne, Ted Brekken, and Alan Wallace. It is their enthusiasm for

  • A high power emulation of a wind farm

    Creator:
    Lalla, Chelsea
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    As more wind farms are connected to the grid, the variable nature of wind energy begins to influence grid stability. Energy storage could help smooth the variable nature of wind energy. Laboratory demonstration and exploration of the interaction between different energy storage devices and wind energy could help improve and...
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    PLL Vq Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2.15 Wrapped theta d

  • Use of a model predictive control framework for optimal control of grid scale electrical energy storage in conjunction with a wind farm

    Creator:
    Antonishen, Michael P.
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    Over the last decade, wind penetration in the Pacific Northwest has increased rapidly. The variable nature of this massive new resource has increased stress on the hydropower resource to the point where system limits are currently being reached. In order to cultivate continued growth of the wind energy industry both...
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    Wallace Energy Systems and Renewables Facility (WESRF) lab. Approximately 1% of the total energy

  • Analysis and optimal sizing of an energy storage system for wind farm applications

    Creator:
    Yen, Zuan Z.
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    Modern wind energy is the technology of choice with a short payback period for increasing renewable energy portfolios. Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a United States power authority in the Pacific Northwest expects to increase their wind energy capacity from 2,000 megawatts to 6,000 megawatts within the next five years. Currently...
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    Electric, OSU Energy Resource Research Laboratory, Powerdex, and OSU Wallace Energy Systems and

  • A linear test bed for characterizing the performance of ocean wave energy converters

    Creator:
    Hogan, Peter M.
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    Determining the performance characteristics of various ocean wave energy converters (OWEC) has proven to be difficult due to problems replicating a baseline motion profile in the ocean or wave tank to compare these devices. The linear test bed seeks to mechanically simulate the relative linear motion between the active components...
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    Oregon State University. Next, I would like to thank the late Dr. Alan Wallace as he truly was a