Peña-Sanchez, Yerai, Faedo, Nicolás, Penalba, Markel, Giuseppe, Giorgi, Mérigaud, Alexis, Windt, Christian, Violini, Demian Garcia, LiGuo, Wang and Ringwood, John (2019) Finite-order hydrodynamic approximation by moment-matching (FOAMM) toolbox for wave energy applications. European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference Proceedings, 2019 (1448). ISSN 2706-6940
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Abstract
—Cummins’ equation is commonly used to describe
the motion of Wave Energy Converters (WECs), where the
radiation force is characterised by a convolution operation. The
computational effort associated with the solution of the convolution term, often represents a drawback for e.g. optimisation
or exhaustive-search studies. To overcome this disadvantage, and
given that the convolution operator intrinsically defines a dynamical system, the convolution term is commonly approximated
using suitable finite-order parametric models. To this end, the
Centre for Ocean Energy Research has recently presented a
moment-matching based identification method for the radiation
force subsystem and the complete force-to-motion WEC dynamics
(i.e. wave excitation force to device velocity). Motivated by
the theory and the obtained results, already reported by the
authors, the FOAMM MATLAB application has been developed,
which systematically implements the moment-matching based
identification strategy from raw frequency-domain data, provided
by hydrodynamic solvers, in a user-friendly fashion. The aim
of this paper is to describe the theoretical background behind
the identification strategy, and the structure, organisation and
characteristics of the developed application. Additionally, the
relevant modes of operation, along with the different options of
the toolbox are explained, and, at the end, a step-by-step example
of how to use the FOAMM application is provided, along with
recommendations from the authors
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This paper is based upon work supported by Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 13/IA/1886. |
Keywords: | Wave Energy; Radiation forces; Parametric form; Moment-matching; Frequency-domain identification; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering |
Item ID: | 14285 |
Depositing User: | Professor John Ringwood |
Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2021 15:57 |
Journal or Publication Title: | European Tidal and Wave Energy Conference Proceedings |
Publisher: | EWTEC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/14285 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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