Increased energy harvesting is realized using a nonlinear buoy geometry for reactive power generation. By exploiting the nonlinear dynamic coupling between the buoy geometry and the potential wideband frequency spectrum of incoming waves in the controller/buoy design, increased power can be captured in comparison to conventional wave energy converter designs. In particular, the reactive power and energy storage system requirements are inherently embedded in the nonlinear buoy geometry, therefore requiring only simple rate-feedback control.
Nonlinear hydrostatic control of a wave energy converter
2022-05-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Nonlinear Hydrostatic Control of a Wave Energy Converter
European Patent Office | 2020
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