Wave energy converter array layout optimization: A critical and comprehensive overview

B Yang, S Wu, H Zhang, B Liu, H Shu, J Shan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production efficiency and optimal control of wave energy converter (WEC) array are
mainly based on array layout, thus it is crucial to establish a reliable mathematical model for …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Review on layout optimization strategies of offshore parks for wave energy converters

F Teixeira-Duarte, D Clemente, G Giannini… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Layout optimization of wave energy offshore parks is a challenging task, as it encompasses
various design objectives and constraints attributed to the complex hydrodynamic …

Advances and challenges in wave energy park optimization—a review

M Göteman, M Giassi, J Engström… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A commercial wave energy system will typically consist of many interacting wave energy
converters installed in a park. The performance of the park depends on many parameters …

[HTML][HTML] Layout and design optimization of ocean wave energy converters: A scoping review of state-of-the-art canonical, hybrid, cooperative, and combinatorial …

D Golbaz, R Asadi, E Amini, H Mehdipour, M Nasiri… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Ocean Wave energy is becoming a prominent technology, which is considered a vital
renewable energy resource to achieve the Net-zero Emissions Plan by 2050. It is also …

Layout optimisation of offshore wave energy converters using a novel multi-swarm cooperative algorithm with backtracking strategy: A case study from coasts of …

M Neshat, S Mirjalili, NY Sergiienko, S Esmaeilzadeh… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave energy technologies have the potential to play a significant role in the supply of
renewable energy worldwide. One of the most promising designs for wave energy …

EMCO-based optimal layout design of hybrid wind-wave energy converters array

B Yang, J Duan, Y Yan, B Liu, J Huang… - … and Control of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Marine renewable energy, combining wave energy converters (WECs) and floating wind
turbines (FWTs) into hybrid wave-wind energy converters (HWWECs), garners significant …

Wave energy converter array optimization: A genetic algorithm approach and minimum separation distance study

C Sharp, B DuPont - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
With the need to integrate renewable energy sources into the current energy portfolio and
the proximity of power consumers to ocean coastlines, it is important to evaluate marine …

Performance comparison of the floating and fully submerged quasi-point absorber wave energy converters

NY Sergiienko, BS Cazzolato, B Ding, P Hardy… - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Axisymmetric point absorbers are mostly designed as floating buoys that extract power from
heave motion. Power absorption limits of such wave energy converters (WECs) are …

Optimal control of wave energy converters

S Zou, O Abdelkhalik, R Robinett, G Bacelli, D Wilson - Renewable energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Optimal control theory is applied to compute control for a single-degree-of-freedom heave
wave energy converter. The goal is to maximize the energy extraction per cycle. Both …