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Constrained Discrete Phase Control Of A Heaving Wave Energy Converter In Irregular Seas Using Reinforcement Learning, Praveen D. Malali
Constrained Discrete Phase Control Of A Heaving Wave Energy Converter In Irregular Seas Using Reinforcement Learning, Praveen D. Malali
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Designed for offshore deployment in irregular seas, the point absorber wave energy conversion (WEC) system is promisingly attractive amongst the currently available WEC technologies. The effectiveness of phase control when applied to a heaving point absorber through a hydraulic power take-off (PTO) system is systematically investigated in both regular and irregular waves. For this purpose, two phase control accumulators are utilized in the hydraulic PTO system. Simulations are performed in MATLAB® using the Cummins equation to model the dynamics of the heaving point absorber in the time domain.
For a given sea state, the opening instant of the control valves …