Title :
Analysis, design and testing of a novel direct-drive wave energy converter system
Author :
Crozier, R. ; Bailey, H. ; Spooner, E. ; McKeever, P. ; Mueller, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Energy Syst., Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Abstract :
A coupled electromechanical and hydrodynamic simulation of a direct-drive generator connected to a heaving buoy for wave energy conversion has been developed. The system is based around a novel linear generator referred to as \´Snapper" which incorporates a magnetic coupling, resulting in a latching power take-off mechanism. The system has been simulated in the time domain using the Matlab differential equation solvers, and a prototype generator designed, built and tested.
Keywords :
differential equations; drives; hydrodynamics; time-domain analysis; wave power generation; wave power plants; Matlab differential equation solvers; coupled electromechanical simulation; direct-drive wave energy converter; heaving buoy; hydrodynamic simulation; latching power take-off mechanism; linear generator; magnetic coupling; snapper; time domain; wave energy conversion; direct-drive; permanent magnet; snapper; wave energy;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011), IET Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2011.0122
