TY - DATA AB - Numerous studies have shown that advanced control of a wave energy converter's (WEC's) power take off (PTO) can provide significant increases (on the order of 200-300%) in WEC energy absorption. Transitioning these control approaches from simplified paper studies to application in full-scale devices remains an open and extremely challenging problem will be central to creating economically competitive WECs and delivering clean renewable energy to the US electrical grid. The Advanced WEC Dynamics and Controls project is targeted on assisting WEC developers to apply novel control systems for their devices and thus achieving major increases in performance and economic viability. The success of any control strategy is based directly upon the availability of a reduced-order model with the ability to accurately capture the dynamics of the system with sufficient accuracy. A model-scale WEC was designed and fabricated for use in studies to advance the state-of-the-art in WEC controls. This test, which is the first in a series of planned tests, focused on system identification (system ID) and model validation. AU - Coe, Ryan DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - 10.15473/1460418 KW - MHK KW - Marine KW - Hydrokinetic KW - energy KW - power KW - wec KW - wave energy converter KW - control KW - dynamics KW - system ID KW - modeling KW - model KW - validation KW - wave tanke KW - carderock KW - mask KW - wave KW - test KW - absorption KW - performance KW - economic KW - viability KW - design KW - tank KW - experiment KW - lab test KW - data acquisition KW - pressure KW - vibration KW - NaturalPoint Tracking KW - sensors KW - heave KW - surge KW - actuator KW - lab data KW - power take off KW - PTO KW - closed-loop KW - feedback control KW - Sandia National Laboratories KW - Diffraction KW - Dynamic response KW - Forced response KW - Forced motion KW - Matlab KW - system identification KW - model validation KW - excitation KW - US Navy KW - Naval Surface Warfare Center KW - point absorber buoy KW - Advanced WEC Dynamics and Controls LA - English DA - 2016/02/26 PY - 2016 PB - Sandia National Laboratories T1 - Advanced WEC Dynamics and Controls, Test 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.15473/1460418 ER -