TY - GEN
T1 - Self-tunable fuzzy logic controller for the optimization of heaving wave energy converters
AU - Jama, Mohammed
AU - Assi, Ali
AU - Wahyudie, Addy
AU - Noura, Hassan
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - This paper proposes a new suboptimal reactive control technique for controlling single body heaving wave energy converter (WEC). A self-tunable fuzzy logic controller is implemented to maximize the absorbed energy while respecting the physical limitations of the device. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is utilized to carry out an on-line optimization process of the fuzzy membership functions (MFs) embedded in the fuzzy controller. The proposed PSO-FLC out-performed the conventional fuzzy logic controller (C-FLC) in terms of improving reference signal tracking accuracy, widening the device wave absorption bandwidth, and preserving a degree of robustness to model uncertainties.
AB - This paper proposes a new suboptimal reactive control technique for controlling single body heaving wave energy converter (WEC). A self-tunable fuzzy logic controller is implemented to maximize the absorbed energy while respecting the physical limitations of the device. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is utilized to carry out an on-line optimization process of the fuzzy membership functions (MFs) embedded in the fuzzy controller. The proposed PSO-FLC out-performed the conventional fuzzy logic controller (C-FLC) in terms of improving reference signal tracking accuracy, widening the device wave absorption bandwidth, and preserving a degree of robustness to model uncertainties.
KW - PSO
KW - WEC
KW - Wave energy
KW - fuzzy logic controller
KW - wave energy converter
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U2 - 10.1109/ICRERA.2012.6477273
DO - 10.1109/ICRERA.2012.6477273
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876116768
SN - 9781467323284
T3 - 2012 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2012
BT - 2012 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2012
T2 - 1st International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2012
Y2 - 11 November 2012 through 14 November 2012
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