Control of power electronics driving a switched reluctance linear generator in wave energy applications

Author

Blanco, M. ; Navarro, G. ; Lafoz, M.

Author_Institution

Centro de Investig. Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnol. (CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This paper describes aspects of the power electronics control of wave energy conversion. The objective of the power converter is to drive a switched reluctance linear machine which works as direct-drive power take off (DDPTO) system for a point absorber. FEM analysis and simulations of the electrical machine were taken into account in the design of the converter control strategy. Finally, laboratory testing will be described in the paper.

Keywords

finite element analysis; machine control; power convertors; power electronics; reluctance generators; FEM analysis; direct-drive power take off system; electrical machine; finite element analysis; point absorber; power converter; power electronics control; switched reluctance linear generator; wave energy conversion; Bridges; Circuit topology; Energy conversion; Mechanical energy; Mechanical systems; Power electronics; Power generation; Reluctance generators; Reluctance machines; Switching converters; Linear drive; Switched reluctance drive; Wave Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4432-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-90-75815-13-9

Type

conf

Filename

5279312