The fair evaluation of wave energy converters

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The fair evaluation of wave energy converters

Conference Paper (2020)

Author(s)

Jian Tan (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Henk Polinder (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Peter Wellens (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Sape Miedema (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Research Group

Offshore and Dredging Engineering

Size optimization Wave Energy Converters Fair evaluation

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2020-18427 Final published version

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Publication Year

2020

Language

English

Research Group

Offshore and Dredging Engineering

Article number

OMAE2020-18427

ISBN (electronic)

978-0-7918-8441-6

Event

ASME 2020 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2020 (2020-08-03 - 2020-08-07), Virtual, Online

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Abstract

In this paper, a fair evaluation method of WECs (Wave Energy Converters) is established based on frequency domain simulation. In this fair evaluation, size optimization and downsizing of PTO (Power Take-Off) capacity are included to minimize the Cost of Energy for the concerned wave location. Based on this fair evaluation, a techno-economic evaluation of a generic point absorber is conducted for a specific wave location, and two different control strategies of PTO are considered. The results show that this fair evaluation method can contribute to the improvement of techno-economic performance of WECs. Furthermore, a comparison among three different size optimization methods of WECs is performed.