The Centre for Ocean Energy Research hosted the Maynooth University Wave Energy Workshop on the 24th of January 2020, at the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth. The scope of the workshop covered a range of topics across wave energy conversion, with a broad focus on modelling, control and estimation/forecasting, and featured a range of presentations from international and local speakers with some focus on the culmination of the SFI project entitled "Development of the next generation of controllers for wave energy devices".

Programme

08:30-09:00     Arrival, sign in, networking

09:00-09:15     Welcome address

John Ringwood, Conference Chair (COER, MU)

Ray O’Neill, Vice-President Research, MU

Patricia Comiskey (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland)

 

09:15-09:45     Overview of COER SFI IA project – John Ringwood (COER, MU)

                        “The next generation of controllers for wave-energy devices” pdf

 

09:45-10:15     Coffee break + posters

 

10:15-12:15     Session 1 (Hydrodynamic Modelling) Chaired by Tom Dooley

  • Hydrodynamic modelling options for WECs - Peter Stansby (Uni. Manchester, UK) pdf
  • CFD modelling for wave energy applications – Christian Windt (COER, MU) pdf
  • Computationally tractable models for axisymmetric WECs - Giuseppe Giorgi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) pdf
  • Finite-order approximations for wave energy models: the FOAMM toolbox - Yerai Pena Sanchez (COER, MU) pdf

12:15:13:15     Lunch + posters

13:15-14:45     Session 3 (Control Session) Chaired by Ron Patton

  • The moment-domain framework for WEC control design – Nicolas Faedo (COER, MU))
  • The LiTe-Con controller for wave energy systems – Demian Garcia-Violini (Quilmes Univ., Argentina)
  • Fault Tolerant Control - Mogens Blanke (Technical University Denmark)

14:45-15:15     Coffee + posters

15:15-17:15     Session 2 (Industry Session) Chaired by John Breslin

  • Resolute Marine - Clean Water from Ocean Waves - Darragh Clabby (Resolute Marine)
  • Promoting PTO and control development for wave energy: The WES experience – Niall McLean (Wave Energy Scotland)
  • The point absorber dream - are we getting there? - Jorgen Hals Todalshaug (CorPower Ocean, Sweden)
  • Next generation R&D tools for wave energy - Ronan Costello (Wave Venture) 

17:15-17:45     OPEN FORUM – “Does wave energy’s future lie with offshore wind?”

Posters included:

Patrick Walsh Aontreo PTO disruptive technology     Limerick Wave
Jose Gaspar Oil – hydraulic Power Take-Off design and control issues        CENTEC Univ Lisboa
Ron Patton Robust Forecasting, Estimation, Control for Wave Energy Converters     Univ  Hull
Giuseppi Georgi Non-linear Froude Krylov force calculations for axisymmetric point absorbers     Univ Torino
Pierre Lourdais Comparison of a realistic machine modelling to the theoretical limits of a reactive point absorber Corpower
Garrett Brady Torque control of switched reluctance generator for wave power TU Dublin
Hafiz Ahsan Said Integration of Wave Energy and Electric Grid     COER
Alva
Blechenberg
The Ocean Grazer wave energy converter: Time and frequency-Domain modelling Univ of Groningen
Fabio Carapellese Design of an omnidirectional gyroscopic wave energy converter Politecnico di Torino
Jake Cunnigham Excitation force estimation for wave energy systems using the moment-domain Coer
Andrei Ermakov Lift wave energy converter project     Coer
Niall McLean project Neptune - 75kw Linear Generator test rig     Wave Energy Scotland
Christian Windt High fidelity (HiFi) numerical modelling of wave energy systems     Coer
Shou Shi Learning-based robust control for offshore wave energy converters     Univ Hull
Bingyong Guo Non-linear dynamics of a vibro-impact wave energy converter     Coer
Nicolas Faedo Finite-Order hydrodynamic Approximation by Moment-Matching (FOAMM) toolbox for wave energy applications. Coer
Gerard O'Mahony Financial and engineering optimisation for wave energy devices: A case study considering the wave-following attenuator designed by Sea Power Ltd. wood plc
Fernando Jaramillo Real-Time Control of Wave Energy Devices     Coer

Organiser: Carrie Anne Barry (CarrieAnne.Barry@mu.ie)

The following are a list of attendees.  We were also joined by several colleagues remotely through Adobe Connect.

Tom Dooley thomas.dooley@dkit.ie
Mogens Blanke mb@elektro.dtu.dk
Ronan Costello ronan@wave-venture.com
Ray O'Neill ray.oneill@mu.ie
Patricia Comiskey Patricia.Comiskey@seai.ie
Peter Stansby p.k.stansby@manchester.ac.uk
Niall McClean niall.mclean@waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Jorgen Hals jorgen.hals@corpowerocean.com
Demian Garcia Violini ddgv83@gmail.com
Darragh Clabby darragh.clabby@gmail.com
Yerai pena coer@mu.ie
Nicolas Faedo coer@mu.ie
Christian Windt coer@mu.ie
John Ringwood john.ringwood@mu.ie
Paddy Walsh limerickwave@gmail.com
Muhammad Zaki Almuzakki Muhammad Zaki Almuzakki, M. m.z.almuzakki@rug.nl
Giuseppe Giorgi giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it
Ron Patton R.J.Patton@hull.ac.uk
Garrett Brady Garret.Brady@tudublin.ie
Alva Blechenberg a.bechlenberg@rug.nl
Pierre Lourdais pierre.lourdais@corpowerocean.com
Gerard O'Mahony gerard.omahony@woodplc.com
Narendran Kumar narendran.kumar@lyit.ie
William Dick william.dick@waveram.ie
Jason Guthrie jasonguthriefcj@hotmail.com
John Breslin john.breslin@smartbay.ie
Jose Gaspar jose.gaspar@centec.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Brendan Walsh brendan.walsh@dkit.ie
Mike Galbraith mike@fountaindesign.co.uk
Siojen Kim s.kim@technologyfromideas.com
Malak    
Judith Wolff jaw@noc.ac.uk
Brian Flannery brian.flannery@ucc.ie
Paolino Tona paolino.tona@ifpen.fr
Sean O'Callaghan Waveram
Mauro bonfanti mauro.bonfanti@polito.it
Thomas Kelly kellyt@dkit.ie
John Miller jjhmiller@gmail.com
sergej sirigu sergej.sirigu@polito.it
pietro casalone pietro.casalone@polito.it
Alfred cotton alfred.cotten@mocean.energy
Fabio Carapellese carapellesefabio@gmail.com
Florent thiebaut f.thiebaut@ucc.ie
Mathew Topper dataonlygreater@gmail.com
Patrick Bradley coer@mu.ie
Hasana Bagnal Hare coer@mu.ie
Ahsan Hafiz Said coer@mu.ie
Andrei Ermakov coer@mu.ie
Carrie Anne Barry CarrieAnne.Barry@mu.ie
Bingyong Guo coer@mu.ie
Fernando Jaramillolopez coer@mu.ie
Jake Cunningham coer@mu.ie