[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] Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control in wave energy: A perspective

G Papini, N Faedo, G Mattiazzo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the decarbonisation path, wave energy systems are gaining attention as a key technology
in the renewable energy mix. An essential step towards their effective development is …

Wave excitation force forecasting using neural networks

K Mahmoodi, E Nepomuceno, A Razminia - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Many wave energy conversion applications require future knowledge or forecasting of the
wave excitation force values. Most wave energy converter (WEC) control strategies need to …

Robust data-driven wave excitation force estimation for wave energy converters with nonlinear probabilistic modelling

Y Liu, S Shi, Y Fang, A Fu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Wave energy converters (WECs) require energy-maximising optimal controllers to improve
efficiency and reliability. The wave excitation force (WEF) is necessary to align the WEC with …

Non-causal linear optimal control with adaptive sliding mode observer for multi-body wave energy converters

Y Zhang, P Stansby, G Li - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a non-causal optimal control problem, the performance of wave energy converter (WEC)
control relies on the accuracy of the future incoming wave prediction. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] The wave energy converter control competition (WECCCOMP): Wave energy control algorithms compared in both simulation and tank testing

JV Ringwood, N Tom, F Ferri, YH Yu, RG Coe… - Applied Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
The wave energy control competition established a benchmark problem which was offered
as an open challenge to the wave energy system control community. The competition had …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting excitation force estimation in WECs: On the (mis) use of structure-based estimation approaches

D García-Violini, N Faedo, Y Peña-Sanchez, V Nava… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wave excitation force (torque) estimators, vital in wave energy systems, generally combine
the nominal representation of a wave energy converter (WEC) with an excitation force …

Experimental validation of data-driven reactive control strategy for wave energy converters: A Gaussian process regression approach

J Umeda, T Taniguchi, T Katayama - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Wave energy is a renewable energy source that can generate electricity without emitting
carbon dioxide using wave energy converters (WECs). WECs face several challenges, such …

Model Following Robust Control of a Wavestar-prototype Wave Energy Converter: Part 2 Estimation and Optimal Reference Computation

D Li, RJ Patton - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the description of the model following robust control for scaled Wavestar-prototype
wave energy converter (WEC) in Part 1, this paper focuses on the high-level design, the …

Experimental assessment of an unknown-input estimator for a nonlinear wave energy converter

E Pasta, G Papini, F Carapellese, N Faedo… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2023 - Elsevier
In the wave energy field, one of the main challenges towards commercialisation of wave
energy devices is the development of suitable control laws, able to maximise the absorbed …