Journal
2020 AMERICAN CONTROL CONFERENCE (ACC)
Volume -, Issue -, Pages 4237-4244Publisher
IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/acc45564.2020.9148045
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- NSF [CMMI-1362754]
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In the design of ocean wave energy converters, proper control design is essential to the maximization of the power generation performance for the device. However, in realistic applications, this control design must be undertaken in the presence of model uncertainty. This paper considers the use of robust control theory to optimize the nominal performance for a wave energy converter in stochastic waves, subject to the constraint that the controller be stability-robust to unstructured uncertainties. We formulate the problem as a multi-objective optimal control problem, in which the primary objective is the maximization of power generation for the nominal system, and the competing objective is the H-infinity norm of the uncertainty input/output channel. This optimal control problem is nonconvex, and we therefore propose an iterative algorithm that can be used to arrive at a local optimal solution. This iterative approach employs the concept of Iterative Convex Overbounding, in the context of the classical Method of Centers. The methodology is demonstrated on a model of a single, buoy-type wave energy converter.
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