A predictive controller for a heaving buoy producing potable water

2009 European Control Conference, ECC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3755-3760

  Bacelli, Giorgio ^a   Gilloteaux, Jean Christophe ^a   Ringwood, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; CONTROLLERS; DESALINATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATING FLOW; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

DESALINATION UNITS; HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLERS; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; OSCILLATING MOTION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84955208517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2009.7074984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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