Optimisation of wave energy extraction with the Archimedes Wave Swing

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2330-2344

  Valério, Duarte ^a   Beirão, Pedro ^b   Sá da Costa, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Archimedes Wave Swing; Feedback linearisation control; Latching control; Phase and amplitude control; Reactive control; Renewable energy; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK CONTROL; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHASE CONTROL; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AMPLITUDE CONTROL; ARCHIMEDES WAVE SWING CONVERTER; LATCHING CONTROL;

WAVE POWER;

FEEDBACK CONTROL; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHASE CONTROL; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER WAVE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER;

EID: 36348952536     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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