Energy Extraction from a Slider-Crank Wave Energy Converter under Irregular Wave Conditions

Eduard Muljadi, Yi-Hsiang Yu, Yuanrui Sang, H. Karayaka, Yanjun Yan, James Zhang

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Abstract

A slider-crank wave energy converter (WEC) is a novel energy conversion device. It converts wave energy into electricity at a relatively high efficiency, and it features a simple structure. Past analysis on this particular WEC has been done under regular sinusoidal wave conditions, and suboptimal energy could be achieved. This paper presents the analysis of the system under irregular wave conditions; a time-domain hydrodynamics model is adopted and a rule-based control methodology is introduced to better serve the irregular wave conditions. Results from the simulations show that the performance of the system under irregular wave conditions is different from that under regular sinusoidal wave conditions, but a reasonable amount of energy can still be extracted.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages7
StatePublished - 2015
EventOCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington - Washington, D.C.
Duration: 19 Oct 201522 Oct 2015

Conference

ConferenceOCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington
CityWashington, D.C.
Period19/10/1522/10/15

Bibliographical note

See NREL/CP-5D00-64875 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5D00-66445

Keywords

  • irregular waves
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • NREL
  • ocean energy
  • slider-crank
  • wave energy converter
  • WEC

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