Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II The Basics
- Part III The Hydrodynamics
- Part IV Velocity Control Using a Hydrodynamic Model
- Part V Control by Optimizing a Performance Index
- Part VI Toward Overall WEC System Hydrodynamic Optimization
- Part VII In Closing
- References
- Index
Part III - The Hydrodynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II The Basics
- Part III The Hydrodynamics
- Part IV Velocity Control Using a Hydrodynamic Model
- Part V Control by Optimizing a Performance Index
- Part VI Toward Overall WEC System Hydrodynamic Optimization
- Part VII In Closing
- References
- Index
Summary
Here we at last step into the trenches of wave energy conversion. Our first goal is to understand, at least insofar as it pertains to its immediate “livelihood,” the environment to which a wave energy converter is to be designed to respond. We begin our study with a mathematical description of waves on the ocean surface, both regular and irregular (Chapter 5). Next, in Chapter 6, we probe into the heart of wave energy conversion and review that mathematical structure that provides succinct and far-reaching results and insights that can be used to design “good” wave energy converters that a control system makes better.
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- Hydrodynamic Control of Wave Energy Devices , pp. 89 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016