A multiphysics approach to the design of a seawave energy conversion system

Author

Bonanno, Angelo ; Franzitta, Vincenzo ; Muzio, Francesco Paolo ; Trapanese, Marco

Author_Institution

Ist. per l´´Ambiente Marino Costiero, Consiglio Naz. delle Ric., Mazara del Vallo

fYear

2008

fDate

24-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

665

Lastpage

668

Abstract

This paper presents a multiphysics approach to the design of a seawave energy conversion system which consists of a both a permanent magnet linear generator directly coupled to sea waves and the related power electronics conversion system. The thermal, electromagnetic and circuital aspects are included in the proposed approach. In order to maximize energy extraction, the stochastic features of the energy source is considered in the mathematical model of the whole system. An optimization procedures which includes the stochastic features of the model is presented and a machine built on the basis of the results of this procedure is shown.

Keywords

direct energy conversion; stochastic processes; tidal power stations; circuital aspects; electromagnetic aspects; energy source; multiphysics approach; permanent magnet linear generator; power electronics conversion system; seawave energy conversion system; stochastic features; thermal aspects; Coupling circuits; Energy conversion; Feature extraction; Mathematical model; Permanent magnets; Power electronics; Power generation; Power system modeling; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems;

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.2008.4747090

Filename

4747090