Wave energy

GA-optimized inverse fuzzy model control of OWC wave power plants

J Marques Silva, SM Vieira, D Valério, JCC Henriques
in Renewable Energy

Keywords: | Wave energy | Oscillating water column | Fuzzy control | Inverse model | Genetic algorithms |

September 15, 2023

This paper shows how an inverse fuzzy model optimized by a genetic algorithm (GA) can improve the control of an OWC and, consequently, its performance. As a case study, the Mutriku power plant with a biradial turbine was addressed, considering 11 different sea states of the characteristic wave climate.

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Model predictive control based on air pressure forecasting of OWC wave power plants

J Marques Silva, SM Vieira, D Valério, JCC Henriques
in Energy

Keywords: | Wave energy | Oscillating water column | Biradial turbine | Mutriku power plant | Wave to wire | Model predictive control |

September 15, 2023

The Mutriku wave power plant (Spain) was case-studied for evaluating the control approaches, which focused on maximizing average power (turbine or generator) from an OWC equipped with the innovative biradial turbine. In comparison to the reference baseline strategy, the implementation of MPC (with a 16-second forecast) resulted in a minor 2%-increase in the average turbine power.

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Air pressure forecasting for the Mutriku oscillating-water-column wave power plant: Review and case study

JM Silva, SM Vieira, D Valério, JCC Henriques, PD Sclavounos
in IET Renewable Power Generation

Keywords: | Wave energy | Oscillating water column | Pressure forecasting | Support vector machines | Biradial turbine | Mutriku power plant |

September 23, 2021

A Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM) algorithm was developed to predict the air chamber pressure and compare it to the real signal. Regressive linear algorithms were executed for reference. The experimental data was obtained at the Mutriku wave power plant in the Basque Country, Spain.

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