Hydrodynamic and Electromechanical Simulation of a WEC with a Novel Non-Linear PTO

Richard Crozier; Helen Bailey; Markus Mueller; E. Spooner; P. McKeever; Alasdair McDonald

Hydrodynamic and Electromechanical Simulation of a WEC with a Novel Non-Linear PTO

Richard Crozier, Helen Bailey, Markus Mueller, E. Spooner, P. McKeever, Alasdair McDonald

School of Engineering

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Abstract

A coupled electromechanical and hydrodynamic time domain simulation of a direct-drive generator connected to a heaving buoy for wave energy conversion is presented. The system is based around a novel power take-off unit referred to as Snapper. The simulation is based primarily in MATLAB using its built-in Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) solvers. These solvers act on the data derived from electromagnetic finite element analysis and from the WAMIT wave interaction simulation software. Test results of a generator prototype for comparison with the electromechanical simulation are also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2011)
Publisher	EWTEC
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2011

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