TY - GEN
T1 - The wave energy converter control competition
T2 - ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2019
AU - Ringwood, John
AU - Ferri, Francesco
AU - Tom, Nathan
AU - Ruehl, Kelley
AU - Faedo, Nicols
AU - Bacelli, Giorgio
AU - Yu, Yi Hsiang
AU - Coe, Ryan G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Over the past two years, a wave energy converter control systems competition (WECCCOMP) has been in progress, with the objective of comparing different wave energy converter (WEC) control paradigms on a standard benchmark problem. The target system is a point absorber, corresponding to a single float with an absolute reference, of theWaveStar WEC prototype. The system was modelled in WEC-Sim, with the hydrodynamic parameters validated against tank test data. Competitors were asked to design and implement a WEC control system for this model, with performance evaluated across six sea states. The evaluation criteria included a weighted combination of average converted power, peak/average power, and the degree to which the system physical constraints were exploited or temporarily exceeded. This paper provides an overview of the competition, which includes a comparative evaluation of the entries and their performance on the simulation model. It is intended that this paper will act as an anchor presentation in a special session on WECCCOMP at OMAE 2019, with other papers in the special session Address all correspondence to this author. contributed by the competitors, describing in detail the control algorithms and the results achieved over the various sea states.
AB - Over the past two years, a wave energy converter control systems competition (WECCCOMP) has been in progress, with the objective of comparing different wave energy converter (WEC) control paradigms on a standard benchmark problem. The target system is a point absorber, corresponding to a single float with an absolute reference, of theWaveStar WEC prototype. The system was modelled in WEC-Sim, with the hydrodynamic parameters validated against tank test data. Competitors were asked to design and implement a WEC control system for this model, with performance evaluated across six sea states. The evaluation criteria included a weighted combination of average converted power, peak/average power, and the degree to which the system physical constraints were exploited or temporarily exceeded. This paper provides an overview of the competition, which includes a comparative evaluation of the entries and their performance on the simulation model. It is intended that this paper will act as an anchor presentation in a special session on WECCCOMP at OMAE 2019, with other papers in the special session Address all correspondence to this author. contributed by the competitors, describing in detail the control algorithms and the results achieved over the various sea states.
KW - Competition
KW - Control system
KW - Renewable energy
KW - Simulation
KW - Wave energy converter
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075901263&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/omae2019-95216
DO - 10.1115/omae2019-95216
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85075901263
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
BT - Ocean Renewable Energy
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Y2 - 9 June 2019 through 14 June 2019
ER -
