Abstract
In this paper reactive control and Model Predictive Control (MPC) for a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) are compared. The analysis is based on a WEC from Wave Star A/S designed as a point absorber. The model predictive controller uses wave models based on the dominating sea states combined with a model connecting undisturbed wave sequences to sequences of torque. Losses in the conversion from mechanical to electrical power are taken into account in two ways. Conventional reactive controllers are tuned for each sea state with the assumption that the converter has the same efficiency back and forth. MPC's are designed for each sea state using a model assuming a linear loss torque. The mean power results from two controllers are compared using both loss models.
Simulation results show that MPC can outperform a reactive controller if a good model of the conversion losses is available.
Simulation results show that MPC can outperform a reactive controller if a good model of the conversion losses is available.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), 2015 |
| Publisher | IEEE Press |
| Publication date | 21 Sept 2015 |
| Pages | 1540 - 1545 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4799-7787-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Sept 2015 |
| Event | 2015 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) - Sydney, Australia Duration: 21 Sept 2015 → 23 Sept 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | 2015 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA) |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Sydney |
| Period | 21/09/2015 → 23/09/2015 |
| Series | IEEE International Conference on Control Applications |
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