[HTML][HTML] Geometric optimisation of wave energy conversion devices: A survey

B Guo, JV Ringwood - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Unlike more established renewable energy conversion technologies, such as wind turbines,
wave power systems have reached neither commercial maturity, nor technological …

[HTML][HTML] A review of point absorber wave energy converters

B Guo, T Wang, S Jin, S Duan, K Yang… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are more than thousands of concepts for harvesting wave energy, and wave energy
converters (WECs) are diverse in operating principles, design geometries and deployment …

[HTML][HTML] Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls

JV Ringwood, S Zhan, N Faedo - Annual Reviews in Control, 2023 - Elsevier
With an increasing focus on climate action and energy security, an appropriate mix of
renewable energy technologies is imperative. Despite having considerable global potential …

[图书][B] Modelling and optimization of wave energy converters

D Ning, B Ding - 2022 - books.google.com
Wave energy offers a promising renewable energy source, however, technologies
converting wave energy into useful electricity face many design challenges. This guide …

Viscosity effect on a point absorber wave energy converter hydrodynamics validated by simulation and experiment

S Jin, RJ Patton, B Guo - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
To achieve optimal power in a wave energy conversion (WEC) system it is necessary to
understand the device hydrodynamics. To maximize conversion efficiency the goal is to tune …

An optimization approach for geometry design of multi-axis wave energy converter

A Shadmani, MR Nikoo, AH Gandomi, M Chen - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The current global energy crisis necessitates a shift to renewable energy sources to mitigate
climate change impacts. Wave energy emerges as a promising renewable resource to fulfill …

Estimation of wave excitation force for wave energy converters

M Abdelrahman, R Patton, B Guo… - 2016 3rd Conference on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel technique to estimate the wave excitation force which is an
essential signal in the control of a Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter (PAWEC). The …

Environmental-Sensing and adaptive optimization of wave energy converter based on deep reinforcement learning and computational fluid dynamics

H Liang, H Qin, H Su, Z Wen, L Mu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a novel coupled model for real-time control of the point absorber wave
energy converter (WEC) using parallelized deep reinforcement learning (DRL), where the …

[PDF][PDF] Wave energy converter modelling, control, and power take-off design

LSP da Silva, B Ding, B Guo… - … and Optimization of …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Currently, several WECs exist with different absorption mechanisms and subsystems.
Hence, a general formulation to describe the dynamics of all possible devices is a nontrivial …

Observer-based unknown input estimator of wave excitation force for a wave energy converter

M Abdelrahman, R Patton - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several energy maximization control approaches for point-absorber wave-energy converter
(PAWEC) systems require knowledge of the wave excitation force (WEF) that is not …