• DocumentCode
    2345839
  • Title

    Emulation and power conditioning of outputs from a Direct Drive Wave Energy Converter

  • Author

    Nie, Zanxiang ; Clifton, Peter C J ; Wu, Yunxiang ; McMahon, Richard A.

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-27 Nov. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1129
  • Lastpage
    1133
  • Abstract
    A two phase wave energy emulator is developed to imitate the expected voltage sourced waveforms generated from a direct drive wave energy converter (DDWEC). H-bridge working in conjunction with DDWEC is considered in two control schemes. The emulator provides convenience in testing power electronics for DDWEC in the laboratory.
  • Keywords
    power convertors; H-bridge; direct drive wave energy converter; power conditioning; power electronics; two phase wave energy emulator; Circuit topology; Coils; Electronic equipment testing; Emulation; Load flow; Power conditioning; Power conversion; Power electronics; Power generation; Reactive power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Energy Technologies, 2008. ICSET 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1887-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1888-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSET.2008.4747176
  • Filename
    4747176