Modeling and control of a coupled electromechanical system exploiting heave motion, for energy conversion from sea waves

Author

Kimoulakis, N.M. ; Kladas, A.G.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 June 2008

Firstpage

3850

Lastpage

3853

Abstract

The paper presents the design procedure and the modelling of performance for a special coupled electromechanical system, for use in sea wave energy extraction applications. The system is consisted of a specific linear permanent magnet generator combined with a cylindrical floating buoy moving due to the sea wave incidence. The system analysis requires particularly developed electromagnetic-mechanical-hydraulic simulation models. The proposed models suitability has been checked through measurements in a 16 kW prototype power plant.

Keywords

linear machines; ocean waves; permanent magnet generators; power generation control; power system simulation; wave power generation; coupled electromechanical system; cylindrical floating buoy; electromagnetic-mechanical-hydraulic simulation model; energy conversion; linear permanent magnet generator; power 16 kW; sea wave energy extraction; sea wave incidence; Analytical models; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromechanical systems; Energy conversion; Magnetic analysis; Motion control; Permanent magnets; Power measurement; Power system modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2008. PESC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1667-7

Electronic_ISBN

0275-9306

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2008.4592555

Filename

4592555