PTO-Sim: Development of a Power Take Off Modeling Tool for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion

So, R.; Casey, S.; Kanner, S.; Simmons, A.; Brekken, T. (2015). PTO-Sim: Development of a Power Take Off Modeling Tool for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion. Paper presented at 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting

@conference{So-2015-4289,
author = {So, R and Casey, S and Kanner, S and Simmons, A and Brekken, T},
title = {PTO-Sim: Development of a Power Take Off Modeling Tool for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion},
year = {2015},
month = {jul},
series = {2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting},
publisher = {IEEE},
url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7285735},
keywords = {Wave, Modeling, Power Take Off},
}

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TY - CONF
TI - PTO-Sim: Development of a Power Take Off Modeling Tool for Ocean Wave Energy Conversion
AU - So, R
AU - Casey, S
AU - Kanner, S
AU - Simmons, A
AU - Brekken, T
T2 - 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting
AB - Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have collaborated to develop the open-source Wave Energy Converter (WEC) modeling tool WEC-Sim, capable of running on a standard personal computer. Its main function is to simulate WECs of arbitrary geometry subject to operational waves; both regular and irregular waves. However, WEC-Sim Version 1.0 models a power take-off (PTO) as a simple linear damper. A collaborative effort between SNL and the Energy Systems group at Oregon State University (OSU) has resulted in the development of PTO-Sim, an additional WEC-Sim library for accurately modeling a WEC PTO system such as hydraulic or direct-drive. This development of PTO-Sim makes WEC-Sim a wave-to-wire model by adding functionality that extends WEC-Sim capabilities. The WEC PTO system is easily created with drag and drop PTO-Sim library blocks to build a model that can estimate absorbed and electrical power.
DA - 2015/07//
PY - 2015
PB - IEEE
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7285735
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Modeling
KW - Power Take Off
ER -

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Abstract

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have collaborated to develop the open-source Wave Energy Converter (WEC) modeling tool WEC-Sim, capable of running on a standard personal computer. Its main function is to simulate WECs of arbitrary geometry subject to operational waves; both regular and irregular waves. However, WEC-Sim Version 1.0 models a power take-off (PTO) as a simple linear damper. A collaborative effort between SNL and the Energy Systems group at Oregon State University (OSU) has resulted in the development of PTO-Sim, an additional WEC-Sim library for accurately modeling a WEC PTO system such as hydraulic or direct-drive. This development of PTO-Sim makes WEC-Sim a wave-to-wire model by adding functionality that extends WEC-Sim capabilities. The WEC PTO system is easily created with drag and drop PTO-Sim library blocks to build a model that can estimate absorbed and electrical power.