Wave energy converter research continues to advance and new developers are continuing to emerge, leading to the need for a general modeling methodology. This work attempts to outline the design methodology necessary to perform frequency domain analysis on a generic wave energy converter. A two-body point absorber representing a generic...
A key component in bringing ocean wave energy converters from concept to commercialization is the building and testing of scaled prototypes to provide model validation. A one quarter scale prototype of an autonomous two body heaving point absorber was modeled, built, and tested for this work. Wave tank testing results...
This paper demonstrates the use of model-based predictive control for energy
storage systems to improve the dispatchability of wind power plants. Large-scale wind
penetration increases the variability of power flow on the grid, thus increasing reserve
requirements. Large energy storage systems collocated with wind farms can improve
dispatchability of the...