Advanced wave energy converter control

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F03B 15/00 (2006.01) F03B 13/16 (2006.01)

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CA 2725619

A wave energy converter (WEC) system includes first and second bodies which can move relative to each other in response to waves and a power-take-off (PTO) device coupled between the two bodies to convert their relative motion into energy. A sensor is used to sense selected characteristics of an incoming wave and produce signals which are applied to a control computer for predicting the impact of the incoming waves on the WEC. Simultaneously, signals indicative of the actual conditions (e.g. the velocity) of the WEC are also supplied to the control computer which is programmed to process the predicted and actual information in order to generate appropriate signals (forces) to the components of the WEC such that the average wave power captured by the PTO is maximized.

L'invention concerne un système houlomoteur (WEC) comportant un premier et un deuxième corps, qui peuvent se déplacer l'un par rapport à l'autre en réaction au mouvement des vagues, et un dispositif de prise de force (PTO) couplé entre les deux corps et destiné à convertir leur mouvement relatif en énergie. Un capteur détecte des caractéristiques sélectionnées d'une vague incidente et génère des signaux qui sont appliqués à un ordinateur de commande pour prédire l'impact de vagues incidentes sur le WEC. Des signaux indiquant les conditions effectives (par ex. la vitesse) du WEC sont simultanément envoyés à l'ordinateur de commande qui est programmé pour traiter les prédictions et les données effectives en vue de générer des signaux adéquats (forces) aux composants du WEC, de manière à maximiser la puissance moyenne d'une vague captée par le PTO.

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