Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 1079-1086Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2012.2190255
Keywords
Marine technology; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); ocean wave energy; power control; power generation
Funding
- State of Oregon
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Columbia Power Technologies
- U.S. Navy
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Many forms of renewable energy exist in the world's oceans, with ocean wave energy showing great potential. However, the ocean environment presents many challenges for cost-effective renewable energy conversion, including optimal control of a wave energy converter (WEC). This paper presents a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm for control of a point absorber WEC. The algorithm and testing hardware are presented in detail, as well as simulated and laboratory test results. The results show that MPPT applied to ocean wave energy is an effective and promising control strategy.
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