Assembled PTO based on an array of double-acting hydraulic cylinders for WECs: From Conceptual Design to an Adjusted Detailed Model
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Antolín-Urbaneja, Juan Carlos; Cortes, A.; Marcos, Marga; Lasa, Joseba; Estensoro, Patxi; [et al.]Date
2015-04-22Keywords
hydraulic power take-off
PTO
PTO Model
wave energy conversion
WEC
PTO simulation
Abstract
All Wave Energy Converters (WECs) based on wave activated bodies comprises a Power Take-
Off (PTO) system among other subsystems like the reaction mechanism, the supervisor of the
system and the electrical generator. One of the most applied PTO systems consists of oil high
pressure hydraulic devices. These devices are able to apply high forces, to store large
quantities of energy through accumulators and to provide smoother power output to the motor
coupled to a generator. In these systems the poor efficiency and the oil leakages contaminating
the environment are considered main drawbacks. Despite of this, they are widely used in
several promising WECs with the aim of optimizing the harvested wave energy along the time.
The initial challenge to absorb an oscillating movement of ±30º at 5rad/s as a maximum angular
speed absorbing up to 16000Nm from a specific WEC, led to the development of a simplified
hydraulic model before manufacturing a PTO prototype to be verified in a Test ...
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