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TEAMER: Advanced Wave-to-Wire OWC model in WEC-Sim
Accurate numerical models are crucial for the development of wave energy converter (WEC) technologies, providing the means for power production and lifetime assessment, site selection, and design of mooring lines, PTO systems and controllers, among other aspects. This project aims...
Peñalba, M. et al Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa
Dec 20, 2024
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Co-Design of Marine Energy Converters for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Docking and Recharging Software and Data
Software and testing data from the OH Hinsdale Wave lab for DOE-funded project on Co-Design of Marine Energy Converters for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Docking and Recharging. This project will perform foundational research and testing to accelerate the sector-wide development a...
Hollinger, G. et al Oregon State University
Oct 26, 2022
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WEC Controls Optimization Final Report
The over-arching project objective is to fully develop and validate optimal controls frameworks that can subsequently be applied widely to different WEC devices and concepts. Optimal controls of WEC devices represent a fundamental building block for WEC designers that must be cons...
Previsic, M. and Karthikeyan, A. Re Vision Consulting
Aug 26, 2020
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Advanced Control Systems for Wave Energy Converters
This submission contains several papers, a final report, descriptions of a theoretical framework for two types of control systems, and descriptions of eight real-time flap load control policies with the objective of assessing the potential improvement of annual average capture eff...
Scruggs, J. et al Resolute Marine Energy, Inc.
Jan 30, 2017
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TEAMER: AquaHarmonics High Fidelity WEC Sim PTO and Control Model Validation, Sim Model
Collaborative effort between AquaHarmonics, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to revise and validate Aquaharmonics' full wave to wire model, allowing for reduced uncertainty and increased understanding of design requirements of...
Tom, N. and Leon, J. AquaHarmonics, Inc.
Dec 31, 2021
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TEAMER AquaHarmonics High Fidelity WEC Sim PTO and Control Model Validation, Test Logs and Results
Collaborative effort between AquaHarmonics, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to revise and validate Aquaharmonics' full wave to wire model, allowing for reduced uncertainty and increased understanding of design requirements of...
Hagmuller, A. et al AquaHarmonics, Inc.
Dec 16, 2021
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Wave Tank Testing Report for Controls Validation of a Heaving Point Absorber
The core objectives of this project is to improve the power capture of three different wave energy
conversion (WEC) devices by more than 50% using an advanced control system and validate the
attained improvements using wave tank and full scale testing. In parallel, we will bring a...
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Aug 26, 2020
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LCOE Content Model for the Heaving Point Absorber Buoy
This is the LCOE analysis spreadsheet and content model for the heaving point absorber buoy developed for controls purposes. The cost assessment was done on a wave-farm of 100-units.
Previsic, M. and Karthikeyan, A. Re Vision Consulting
Jul 14, 2017
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LCOE Analysis of Surge-Mode WEC
Spreadsheet which provides estimates of reductions in Levelized Cost of Energy for a surge-mode wave energy converter (WEC). This is made available via adoption of the advanced control strategies developed during this research effort.
Staby, B. Resolute Marine Energy, Inc.
Mar 07, 2017
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TEAMER: Experimental Characterization of a Laboratory-Scaled Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter
This data is a result of an experimental campaign to characterize the hydrodynamics and performance of a laboratory-scale oscillating surge wave energy converter (OSWEC). The device was 85 cm wide, 1.4 meters tall, and 14 cm thick and was tested in the Sea Wave Environmental Lab (...
Lydon, B. et al University of Washington
Apr 05, 2024
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Wave Tank Testing of 1-DoF Heaving Buoy for Controls Validation Purposes
This submission includes the wave tank testing data used to validate the controls optimization efforts of a heaving 1-DoF buoy.
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Jul 13, 2017
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LCOE Baseline for Wave Carpet WEC Device
This is an LCOE (levelized cost of energy) baseline assessment for the Wave Carpet.
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Jul 26, 2017
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Spooling control design for flight optimization of tethered tidal kites
This submission includes three peer-reviewed (under review) papers from the researchers at North Carolina State University presenting different control-based techniques to maximize the efficiency and robustness of a tethered energy-harvesting kite. Below are the abstracts of each ...
Daniels, J. et al North Carolina State University
Sep 16, 2019
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Optimal kite control in spatiotemporally varying flow fields ACC 2021
Two papers submitted (and accepted) to the 2021 American Control Conference (ACC), both focused on different attributes of kite control in variable flow environments. Siddiqui et. al. focuses on tether elevation angle control in a spatiotemporally varying environment, and Reed et....
Vermillion, C. et al North Carolina State University
Sep 14, 2020
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LCOE Baseline for RME Surge WEC Device
This submission includes all the data to support an LCOE baseline assessment for the Resolute Marine Energy (RME) Surge WEC device.
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Jul 19, 2017
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Control-based optimization for tethered tidal kite
This submission includes three peer-reviewed (under review) papers from the researchers at North Carolina State University presenting control-based techniques to maximize effectiveness of a tethered tidal kite. Below are the abstracts of each file included in the submission.
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Vermillion, C. et al North Carolina State University
Mar 02, 2020
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Control of an AUV with deployable energy-harvesting kite
This paper examines the control of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with a deployable energy-harvesting kite for oceanographic observation and surveillance. The proposed design and control strategies specifically address objectives of achieving high-payload, long-endurance A...
Reed, J. et al North Carolina State University
Sep 02, 2019
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Lift Equivalence and Cancellation for Airfoil Surge-Pitch-Plunge Oscillations
A NACA 0018 airfoil in freestream velocity is oscillated in longitudinal, transverse, and angle-of-attack directions with respect to the freestream velocity, known as surge, plunge, and pitch. The lift-based equivalence method introduces phase shifts between these three motions to...
Elfering, K. and Granlund, K. North Carolina State University
Jan 01, 2020
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LCOE Baseline for OE Buoy WEC Device
Capex numbers are in $/kW, Opex numbers in $/kW-yr. Cost Estimates provided herein are based on concept design and basic engineering data and have high levels of uncertainties embedded. This reference economic scenario was done for a very large device version of the Ocean Energy ...
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Jul 26, 2017
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Optimization of Marine Energy Conversion Systems Through Modeling, Optimization, and CHIL Validation
The work aims to achieve optimal tidal energy conversion through a comprehensive approach of modeling, optimization, and control hardware-in-the-loop (CHIL) validation. By developing accurate models and employing optimization techniques, it seeks to identify efficient system confi...
Luo, F. et al Stony Brook University
Jul 17, 2023
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TEAMER: Experimental Validation and Analysis of Deep Reinforcement Learning Control for Wave Energy Converters
Through this TEAMER project, Michigan Technological University (MTU) collaborated with Oregon State University (OSU) to test the performance of a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) control in the wave tank. Unlike model-based controls, DRL control is model-free and can directly max...
Zou, S. et al Michigan Technological University
Mar 07, 2025
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M3 Wave DMP/APEX WEC Final Technical Report
This project successfully developed methods for numerical modeling of sediment transport phenomena around rigid objects resting on or near the ocean floor. These techniques were validated with physical testing using actual sediment in a large wave tank. These methods can be applie...
Morrow, M. et al M3 Wave
May 31, 2018
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State Estimation for advanced control of wave energy converters
A report on state estimation for advanced control of wave energy converters (WECs), with supporting data models and slides from the overview presentation. The methods discussed are intended for use to enable real-time closed loop control of WECs.
Coe, R. and Bacelli, G. Sandia National Laboratories
Apr 25, 2017
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High-Pressure Combustion and Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Ethylene/Nitrous Oxide Mixtures
In this paper, the combustion of nitrous oxide with a simple hydrocarbon, ethylene, at high initial pressures is investigated. A series of experiments were conducted using a stoichiometric C2H4-N2O mixture in a round, smooth-walled tube with initial pressures of 125 to 337 psi. ...
Grubelich, M. Sandia National Laboratories
Nov 01, 2013
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Holistic Control Embedded PTO Development Target Performance Metrics Definitions
Collection of Power Take-Off (PTO), Power Conversion Chain (PCC), and relevant device metrics to be used for performance assessment of the Control co-designed PTO including brief summary of literature, baseline, and target metrics values.
Boerner, T. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.
Jul 30, 2019
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