A Model Predictive Control-Based Power Converter System for Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters

Despite the predictability and availability at large scale, wave energy conversion (WEC) has still not become a mainstream renewable energy technology. One of the main reasons is the large variations in the extracted power which could lead to instabilities in the power grid. In addition, maintaining...

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Main Authors: Gimara Rajapakse, Shantha Jayasinghe, Alan Fleming, Michael Negnevitsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1631