Assessment of wind and wave power characteristic and potential for hybrid exploration in Australia

Q Gao, SS Khan, N Sergiienko, N Ertugrul… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Offshore wind and wave power are abundant energy sources and could provide long term
contributions to our future energy supply. The combined exploration of wind and wave …

Stochastic analysis of nonlinear wave energy converters via statistical linearization

LSP Silva, NY Sergiienko, CP Pesce, B Ding… - Applied Ocean …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the initial stages of wave energy converter development, a wide range of design
parameters should be tested and analyzed across all operational sea states. As a result, it is …

Proposal of a novel analytical wake model and array optimization of oscillating wave surge converter using differential evolution algorithm

Z Liu, Y Wang, X Hua - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Oscillating wave surge converters (OWSCs) have been extensively used to exploit wave
energy. To maximize the energy output from an OWSC array, layout optimizations must be …

Design considerations for a three-tethered point absorber wave energy converter with nonlinear coupling between hydrodynamic modes

N Tran, NY Sergiienko, BS Cazzolato, MH Ghayesh… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Multi-mode Wave Energy Converters (WECs) are designed to harvest energy
simultaneously from multiple hydrodynamic modes, thereby maximising power absorption …

Considerations on the control design for a three-tether wave energy converter

NY Sergiienko, BS Cazzolato, M Arjomandi, B Ding… - Ocean …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wave energy converters (WECs) capable of extracting power in multiple degrees of freedom
require a special attention from control engineers as the control problem becomes …

On the importance of nonlinear hydrodynamics and resonance frequencies on power production in multi-mode WECs

N Tran, NY Sergiienko, BS Cazzolato, B Ding… - Applied Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Multi-mode Wave Energy Converters (WECs) are able to harvest energy from
multiple Degrees-of-Freedom (DOFs) simultaneously, which increases the power that can …

A sensitivity study on the effect of mass distribution of a single-tether spherical point absorber

F Meng, B Cazzolato, Y Li, B Ding, N Sergiienko… - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In previous work, a single-tether submerged spherical point absorber with asymmetric mass
distribution (SPAMD) was proposed to enable harvesting wave energy induced by the surge …

Wave Energy Converter model based on a decentralized Hybrid Energy Storage System with MPPT control algorithm

JS Artal-Sevil, D Martínez-López… - 2020 Fifteenth …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the analysis of a hydraulic transmission model used in various types of
wave energy conversion systems. In this case, a multi-point absorber wave energy converter …

Simulated and experimental investigation of a floating-array-buoys wave energy converter with single-point mooring

P Sun, S Liu, H He, Y Zhao, S Zheng, H Chen, S Yang - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel floating-array-buoys wave energy converter (FABWEC) system integrating multi-
point absorption wave energy capturing technology and single-point catenary mooring …

Control co-design mooring optimisation for wave energy systems: a three-tethered point absorber case

B Paduano, E Pasta, F Carapellese, G Papini… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to optimise the productivity of a wave energy converter (WEC) as a function
of the mooring lines orientation, within a control co-design framework, based on the principle …