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http://dx.doi.org/10.7846/JKOSMEE.2015.18.4.291

Latching Control Strategy for Improvement Wave Energy Conversion in Irregular Waves  

Cho, Il Hyoung (Department of Ocean System Engineering, Jeju National University)
Kim, Jeong Rok (Department of Ocean System Engineering, Jeju National University)
Kim, Kyong-Hwan (Offshore Plant Research Division, Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering)
Hong, Keyyong (Offshore Plant Research Division, Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy / v.18, no.4, 2015 , pp. 291-297 More about this Journal
Abstract
The wave spectrum was generated from wave data measured at the Chagwi-do site in Jeju, where a 10MW class floating wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation system will be installed. The latching control technology (Sheng et al.[2015]) was applied in order to improve the extracted power from WEC (Wave Energy Converter), which is heaving in corresponding irregular waves. The peak period as a representative value of irregular waves was used when we determined the latching duration. From the numerical results in the time-domain analysis, the latching control technology can significantly improve the extracted power about 50%.
Keywords
Wave Energy Converter; Heave Motion; Latching Control; Power Take-Off; Resonance;
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