Computationally-efficient wave-to-wire modeling of wave energy converter arrays based on a spectral-domain approach

Tan, J.; Xi, C.; Lavidas, G.; Zhou, B (2026). Computationally-efficient wave-to-wire modeling of wave energy converter arrays based on a spectral-domain approach. Ocean Engineering, 347, 123942.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.123942

@article{Tan-2026-40608,
author = {Tan, J and Xi, C and Lavidas, G and Zhou, B},
title = {Computationally-efficient wave-to-wire modeling of wave energy converter arrays based on a spectral-domain approach},
journal = {Ocean Engineering},
year = {2026},
month = {feb},
publisher = {Elsevier},
volume = {347},
pages = {123942},
doi = {10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.123942},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801825036248?via%3Dihub},
keywords = {Wave, Point Absorber, Modeling, Performance},
}

TY - JOUR
TI - Computationally-efficient wave-to-wire modeling of wave energy converter arrays based on a spectral-domain approach
AU - Tan, J
AU - Xi, C
AU - Lavidas, G
AU - Zhou, B
T2 - Ocean Engineering
AB - Recent studies have demonstrated the merits of spectral-domain (SD) modeling in efficiently addressing nonlinear dynamic behavior of standalone wave energy converters (WECs). However, the potential of the SD modeling approach deserves further exploitation by examining its applicability in simulating the entire wave-to-wire (W2W) process of WEC arrays. This article proposed and verified a SD W2W model of WEC arrays. The WEC arrays are considered as five same-sized heaving cylindrical point absorbers, and they are all equipped with linear Permanent Magnet (PM) generators. The established SD W2W model is verified by being compared with results of a nonlinear time-domain-based W2W model across a variety of operation conditions. The computational efficiency of the two simulation approaches in modeling WEC arrays is also identified and compared. The results suggest that the SD W2W model is associated with a relative error of less than 11% to the nonlinear time-domain reference, with regard to the estimates of significant statistical performance indicators, such as WEC velocity, absorbed and electrical power of individual power, and total electrical power production of the WEC arrays. At the same time, the SD W2W model presents a high computational efficiency, being around 2000 times faster than the time-domain W2W model of WEC arrays.
DA - 2026/02//
PY - 2026
PB - Elsevier
VL - 347
SP - 123942
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801825036248?via%3Dihub
DO - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.123942
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Point Absorber
KW - Modeling
KW - Performance
ER -