On Integrating Object Detection Capability Into a Coastal Energy Conversion System
Abstract
SDSM&T will investigate schemes for actively controlled wave energy converter arrays in coastal waters which enable detection of intruding marine vessels by monitoring the spatial and temporal energy conversion rates over the arrays. The proposed approach mainly utilizes a linear-theory based understanding of wave propagation, body hydrodynamics, and controller design, but also incorporates nonlinear extensions based on Volterra series modeling. They will examine small device sizes, for which response nonlinearities can be significant. They will exploit the nonlinearities to enhance energy generation. They will also investigate ways to utilize features of the nonlinear response that enable preferential coupling to certain phase signatures, so that energy conversion by certain array elements would imply the presence of an object. Analysis and simulation results on arrays of moored devices will be extended to free-floating arrays.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 09, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612137
Entities
People
- Umesh A. Korde
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- United States Navy