Control-informed geometric optimisation of wave energy converters

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 366-371

  Gilloteaux, Jean Christophe ^a   Ringwood, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Device optimization; Latching control; Point absorber; Random sea; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MARINE APPLICATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE POWER;

DEVICE OPTIMIZATION; LATCHING CONTROL; POINT ABSORBER; RANDOM SEA; WAVE ENERGY;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84860420404     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20100915-3-DE-3008.00072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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