Moment-based nonlinear energy-maximising optimal control of wave energy systems to secure a renewable future

Project Information

DESTINY

Grant agreement ID: 101024372

DOI 10.3030/101024372

Project closed

EC signature date 8 April 2021

Start date 1 June 2021

End date 31 May 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 183 473,28

EU contribution € 183 473,28

Coordinated by

POLITECNICO DI TORINO
Italy

Publications

Conference proceedings (15)

Nonlinear harmonic balance modelling for wave energy converter array layout assessment

Author(s): D. García-Violini, Y. Peña-Sánchez, A. Zarketa, M. Penalba, N. Faedo, J.V. Ringwood
Published in: 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW 2022), 2023
Publisher: Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore
DOI: 10.1201/9781003360773-42

Nonlinear Moment-Based Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters With Non-Ideal Power Take-Off Systems

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Giuseppe Giorgi, John V. Ringwood, Giuliana Mattiazzo
Published in: ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2022
Publisher: ASME
DOI: 10.1115/omae2022-81267

Input-Unknown Estimation for Arrays of Wave Energy Conversion Systems via LTI Synthesis

Author(s): Guglielmo Papini, Edoardo Pasta, Bruno Paduano, Nicolás Faedo, Giuliana Mattiazzo
Published in: ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, 2022
Publisher: ASME
DOI: 10.1115/omae2022-81361

Experimental assessment of an unknown-input estimator for a nonlinear wave energy converter

Author(s): Pasta, E.; Papini, G.; Carapellese, F.; Faedo, N.; Ringwood, J. V.
Published in: IFAC World Congress 2023 (IFAC 2023), 2023
Publisher: IFAC

Energy-maximising tracking control for a nonlinear heaving point absorber system commanded by second order sliding modes

Author(s): Facundo D. Mosquera, Nicolás Faedo, Carolina A. Evangelista, Paul F. Puleston and John V. Ringwood
Published in: 14th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles (CAMS 2022), 2022
Publisher: IFAC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.454

Preliminary experimental assessment of second-order sliding mode control for wave energy conversion systems

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Facundo D. Mosquera, Carolina A. Evangelista, John V. Ringwood, Paul F. Puleston
Published in: 2022 Australian & New Zealand Control Conference (ANZCC), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/anzcc56036.2022.9966859

Tidal barrage operational optimisation using wave energy control techniques

Author(s): John V. Ringwood, Nicolás Faedo
Published in: 14th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles (CAMS 2022), 2022
Publisher: IFAC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.423

A control design framework for wave energy devices

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo and John V. Ringwood
Published in: 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 2021
Publisher: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series

On the feasibility of energy-maximising controllers for an Argentinian wave energy system

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Demián García-Violini, Yerai Peña-Sanchez, John V. Ringwood
Published in: 2021 XIX Workshop on Information Processing and Control (RPIC), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/rpic53795.2021.9648508

Design and experimental assessment of an anti-windup for LTI state-constrained control of wave energy converters

Author(s): Faedo, N.; Ferri, F.; Carapellese, F.; Brekken, T.
Published in: IFAC World Congress 2023 (IFAC 2023), 2023
Publisher: IFAC

Experimental Assessment of Generalised Super-Twisting Control for Optimal Reference Tracking in Wave Energy Systems

Author(s): Mosquera, F. D.; Faedo, N.; Puleston, P. F.; Evangelista, C. A.
Published in: IFAC World Congress 2023 (IFAC 2023), 2023
Publisher: IFAC

Control-Oriented Wave Surface Elevation Forecasting Strategies: Experimental Validation and Comparison

Author(s): Guglielmo Papini; Yerai Pena-Sanchez; Edoardo Pasta; Nicolas Faedo
Published in: IFAC World Congress 2023 (IFAC 2023), 2023
Publisher: IFAC

Energy-maximising experimental control synthesis via impedance-matching for a multi degree-of-freedom wave energy converter

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Edoardo Pasta, Fabio Carapellese, Vincenzo Orlando, Domenica Pizzirusso, Dario Basile, Sergej A. Sirigu
Published in: 14th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles (CAMS 2022), 2022
Publisher: IFAC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.10.453

Data-driven nonlinear model reduction by moment-matching for the ISWEC system

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Francisco Javier Dores Piuma, Giuseppe Giorgi, Giovanni Bracco, John V. Ringwood and Giuliana Mattiazzo
Published in: 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME), 2021
Publisher: IEEE

Robust energy-maximising control of wave energy systems under input uncertainty

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Giuliana Mattiazzo, John V. Ringwood
Published in: 2022 European Control Conference (ECC), 2022
Publisher: 2022 European Control Conference (ECC)
DOI: 10.23919/ecc55457.2022.9838234

Peer reviewed articles (12)

On the principle of impedance-matching for underactuated wave energy harvesting systems

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo; Fabio Carapellese; Edoardo Pasta; Giuliana Mattiazzo
Published in: Applied Ocean Research, 2021, ISSN 0141-1187
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2021.102958

LMI-based passivation of LTI systems with application to marine structures

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo; Yerai Peña-Sanchez; Fabio Carapellese; Giuliana Mattiazzo; John V. Ringwood
Published in: IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021, ISSN 1752-1424
Publisher: The Insitution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
DOI: 10.1049/rpg2.12286

Optimal control of wave energy systems considering nonlinear Froude–Krylov effects: control-oriented modelling and moment-based control

Author(s): N. Faedo; G. Giorgi; J. V. Ringwood; G. Mattiazzo
Published in: Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022, ISSN 0924-090X
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-022-07530-3

SWELL: An open-access experimental dataset for arrays of wave energy conversion systems

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Yerai Peña-Sanchez, Edoardo Pasta, Guglielmo Papini, Facundo D. Mosquera, Francesco Ferri
Published in: Renewable Energy, 2023, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.05.069

Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls

Author(s): John V. Ringwood, Siyuan Zhan, Nicolás Faedo
Published in: Annual Reviews in Control, 2023, ISSN 1367-5788
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2023.04.004

Nonlinear Model Reduction by Moment-Matching for a Point Absorber Wave Energy Conversion System

Author(s): Guglielmo Papini; Francisco Javier Dores Dores Piuma; Nicolás Faedo; John V. Ringwood; Giuliana Mattiazzo
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse10050656

Intuitive LTI energy-maximising control for multi-degree of freedom wave energy converters: The PeWEC case

Author(s): Fabio Carapellese; Edoardo Pasta; Bruno Paduano; Nicolás Faedo; Giuliana Mattiazzo
Published in: Ocean Engineering, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 0029-8018
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.111444

Experimental assessment and validation of energy-maximising moment-based optimal control for a prototype wave energy converter

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo, Yerai Peña-Sanchez, Demián Garcia-Violini, Francesco Ferri, Giuliana Mattiazzo, John V. Ringwood
Published in: Control Engineering Practice, 2023, ISSN 0967-0661
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2023.105454

SWINGO: Conceptualisation, modelling, and control of a swinging omnidirectional wave energy converter

Author(s): Fabio Carapellese; Edoardo Pasta; Sergej Antonello Sirigu; Nicolás Faedo
Published in: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023, ISSN 1096-1216
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2023.110356

Data-based control synthesis and performance assessment for moored wave energy conversion systems: the PeWEC case

Author(s): B. Paduano; F. Carapellese; E. Pasta; S. Sirigu; N. Faedo; G. Mattiazzo
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023, ISSN 1949-3029
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tste.2023.3285016

A Broadband Time-Varying Energy Maximising Control for Wave Energy Systems (LiTe-Con+): Framework and Experimental Assessment

Author(s): Demián García-Violini,Yerai Peña-Sanchez, Nicolás Faedo, Francesco Ferri, John V. Ringwood
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023, ISSN 1949-3029
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tste.2023.3237023

A simple and effective excitation force estimator for wave energy systems

Author(s): Nicolás Faedo; Ulises Bussi; Yerai Peña-Sanchez; Christian Windt; John V. Ringwood
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2021, ISSN 1949-3029
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tste.2021.3108576