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The wave energy converter control competition (WECCCOMP): Wave energy control algorithms compared in both simulation and tank testing (2023)
Journal Article
Ringwood, J. V., Tom, N., Ferri, F., Yu, Y. H., Coe, R. G., Ruehl, K., Bacelli, G., Shi, S., Patton, R. J., Tona, P., Sabiron, G., Merigaud, A., Ling, B. A., & Faedo, N. (2023). The wave energy converter control competition (WECCCOMP): Wave energy control algorithms compared in both simulation and tank testing. Applied Ocean Research, 138, Article 103653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2023.103653

The wave energy control competition established a benchmark problem which was offered as an open challenge to the wave energy system control community. The competition had two stages: In the first stage, competitors used a standard wave energy simula... Read More about The wave energy converter control competition (WECCCOMP): Wave energy control algorithms compared in both simulation and tank testing.

Model Predictive Energy-Maximising Tracking Control for a Wavestar-Prototype Wave Energy Converter (2023)
Journal Article
Li, D., & Patton, R. (2023). Model Predictive Energy-Maximising Tracking Control for a Wavestar-Prototype Wave Energy Converter. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(7), Article 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11071289

To date, one of the main challenges in the wave energy field is to achieve energy-maximizing control in order to reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE). This paper presents a model predictive velocity tracking control method based on a hierarchic... Read More about Model Predictive Energy-Maximising Tracking Control for a Wavestar-Prototype Wave Energy Converter.

Actuator fault tolerant offshore wind turbine load mitigation control (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Patton, R. J., & Shi, S. (2023). Actuator fault tolerant offshore wind turbine load mitigation control. Renewable energy, 205, 432-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.092

Offshore wind turbine (OWT) rotors have large diameters with flexible blade structures which are subject to asymmetrical loads caused by blade flapping and turbulent or unsteady wind flow. Rotor imbalance inevitably leads to enhanced fatigue of blade... Read More about Actuator fault tolerant offshore wind turbine load mitigation control.

Nonlinear modelling and adaptive control of smart rotor wind turbines (2022)
Journal Article
Li, J., Wang, Y., Lin, S., & Zhao, X. (2022). Nonlinear modelling and adaptive control of smart rotor wind turbines. Renewable energy, 186, 677-690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.01.020

This paper develops a nonlinear mid-fidelity aeroservoelastic model for smart rotor wind turbines and studies the turbulent load alleviation of the wind turbines with trailing edge flaps (TEFs) actuated by a novel proportional-derivative model-free a... Read More about Nonlinear modelling and adaptive control of smart rotor wind turbines.