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CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS

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Simplifying assumptions for optimization and control<br />

Buoy represented by body 1a<br />

(hemispherical buoy)<br />

1a<br />

Acceleration tube represented by<br />

body 1b<br />

Inertia of piston and enclosed water<br />

represented by body 2<br />

Bodies 1b and 2 are “deeply”<br />

submerged:<br />

• Wave excitation forces neglected<br />

• Radiation forces neglected<br />

1b<br />

Hydrodynamic interference between<br />

bodies 1a, 1b and 2 neglected<br />

2

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