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Wave Energy Conversion and Storage: Latest Advances and Prospects

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 3602

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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, No. 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300072, China
Interests: design of electric machine and its control; renewable power generation; energy storage technology; power electronic conversion

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Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
Interests: measurement and modeling of magnetic properties of magnetic materials; electrical machine design and optimization; electric motor drives and control
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Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of "Wave Energy Conversion and Storage: Latest Advances and Prospects" and related topics.

Wave energy conversion will play crucial roles in future power systems and help reduce CO2 emissions. This Special Issue aims to publish recent developments on wave energy conversion (WEC) and its storage systems, such as new types of wave energy converters and their corresponding arrays, novel electrical machines for WEC, energy storage for WEC, and operation control of WEC in islanding and grid-connected modes.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Modelling and design of wave energy converters;
  • Novel electrical machines for WEC systems;
  • Power smoothing techniques for WEC systems;
  • Maximum wave energy extraction;
  • Numerical and physical modelling of WEC systems;
  • Normal and fault-tolerant control of WEC systems;
  • Hybrid control with other ocean energies;
  • Array modelling.

We look forward to receiving your recent works in this area!

Dr. Hongwei Fang
Prof. Dr. Youguang Guo
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Keywords

  • wave energy conversion
  • ocean renewable energies
  • electrical machine
  • energy storage
  • power electronics converters
  • power smoothing
  • maximum wave energy extraction
  • grid-connected operation
  • numerical simulation
  • all-electrical analogue
  • array of wave energy converters

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A Review of the Optimization Design and Control for Ocean Wave Power Generation Systems
by Juanjuan Wang, Zhongxian Chen and Fei Zhang
Energies 2022, 15(1), 102; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15010102 - 23 Dec 2021
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Ocean wave power generation techniques (converting wave energy into electrical energy) have been in use for many years. The objective of this paper is to review the design, control, efficiency, and safety of ocean wave power generation systems. Several topics are discussed: the [...] Read more.
Ocean wave power generation techniques (converting wave energy into electrical energy) have been in use for many years. The objective of this paper is to review the design, control, efficiency, and safety of ocean wave power generation systems. Several topics are discussed: the current situation of ocean wave power generation system tests in real ocean waves; the optimization design of linear generator for converting ocean wave energy into electrical energy; some optimization control methods to improve the operational efficiency of ocean wave power generation systems; and the current policy and financial support of ocean wave power generation in some countries. Due to the harsh ocean environment, safety is another factor that ocean wave power generation systems will face. Therefore, before the conclusion of this review, a damping coefficient optimization control method based on the domain partition is proposed to improve the efficiency and safety of ocean wave power generation systems. Full article
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