wave energy system Articles
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Ocean Power connects wave energy system to grid
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Pennington, NJ) announced that it has achieved what it claims to be the first-ever connection of a wave-energy system to the power grid in the United States. Ocean Power’s PB40 Powerbuoy system is now delivering power to the grid at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the island of Oahu. The Powerbuoy unit, which was installed in December 2009 at a depth of ...
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Power control strategy for grid connected permanent magnet synchronous generator of a distributed generation unit
This paper describes the studies on the operation and control of a variable speed wave energy conversion system. The wave energy conversion system considered is oscillating–water–column (OWC) based Wells turbine driven permanent magnet synchronous generator connected to the grid by means of fully controlled frequency converter. In such systems primary aim is to achieve a low distortion, high ...
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A novel particle swarm optimisation self-regulating stand-alone wave energy conversion scheme
The paper presents a novel stabilisation scheme system for a wave energy converter (WEC) using permanent magnet linear generator (PMLG) connected to a six-pulse diode rectifier. The proposed controller of WEC-battery renewable energy system is based on multi-objective particle swarm optimisation (MOPSO) technique. The optimisation algorithm is implemented to control a novel low cost dynamic AC ...
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An efficient hybrid wave/photovoltaic scheme for energy supply in remote areas
This paper presents the efficient utilisation of hybrid photovoltaic/wave energy system for desalination water pumping and supplying the local AC and DC loads. The novel hybrid system comprises eight key parts. The PV array and wave energy permanent magnet linear generator (PMLG) as energy sources, novel AC side modulated power filter compensator (MPFC), AC-DC converter, novel DC side green plug ...
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Santa Fe company aims to turn motion of waves into electricity
A Santa Fe company plans to turn ocean waves into electricity off Peru’s coast in the spring. Atmocean is run by Philip Kithil, an entrepreneur and inventor. Chris White, a native Santa Fean, works as the project administrator, and both understand the ocean and waves better than most landlocked New Mexicans. “There are a lot of exciting advantages here versus traditional ...
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Unique Full-Scale PTO System Bi-Directional Wind Tunnel Test Facility - Case Study
Wave energy converters are generally placed in a very harsh environment and are hard to access due to their location and/or unfavorable weather conditions. With this in mind a full-scale wind tunnel test facility capable of simulating a variety of wave heights and wave periods has been built to fully test and validate Aquanet's full-scale 1MW rated capacity Power Take-Off system (PTO). The unique ...
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Ocean exergy and energy conversion systems
Oceans store energy in the form of currents, waves, tides, heat and salinity that can help to alleviate worldwide demand for power and the global climate change threat. They also store a considerable amount of an isotope of hydrogen (deuterium) which takes part in the most promising fusion reactions. Exergy analysis can be applied to evaluate the work potential (extractable) of a resource. This ...
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A binary ACO for controlling all–electric power take off system in wave energy converters
This paper describes a metaheuristic algorithm for controlling all–electric power take off (PTO) system of wave energy converters. It provides optimal parameter values to the controller following the instantaneously changing sea state. The output of the algorithm is used to tune the electrical control systems in the PTO system in order to provide sufficient time for the point absorber to achieve ...
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Transformational low carbon subsea project showcased at industry event
A successful showcase of the renewable remote power and communications system for the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project was held this month in Dyce, Aberdeen. Hosted by Verlume and supported by project partners Baker Hughes, Mocean Energy and Transmark Subsea AS, the event was an opportunity for around 30 invited guests from across the subsea sector to see the onshore commissioning of ...
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2014 JRC Ocean Energy Status Report
Abstract Oceans and seas have the potential to play a significant role in providing clean energy. Different technologies are currently being developed to ensure a long term contribution of ocean energy to the future energy system. Among the different ocean energy technologies, tidal and wave conversion systems are expected to contribute the most to the European energy system in the short to ...
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