Electrical Design for Ocean Wave and Tidal Energy Systems

Wave and tidal energy engineering has developed strongly in the past decade, with hundred-MW arrays of full scale grid connected wave and tidal devices planned for the next few years. Electrical Design for Ocean Wave and Tidal Energy Systems provides an electrical engineering perspective on these offshore power stations and their integration to the grid.

Topics covered include:

• the selection and sizing of generators and their interaction with power electronics
• power cables, connectors and umbilical’s
• grid integration and power quality issues
• energy storage
• the implementation of control systems in ocean energy devices modelling and simulation
• the relative costing’s of various systems
• the influence of electrical design on overall project lifetime cost.
• Topics covered include:
• the selection and sizing of generators and their interaction with power electronics
• power cables, connectors and umbilical’s
• grid integration and power quality issues
• energy storage
• the implementation of control systems in ocean energy devices modelling and simulation
• the relative costing’s of various systems
• the influence of electrical design on overall project lifetime cost

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Electrical Generators in Ocean Energy Converters
Chapter 3 : Cabling Umbilical and Array Layout
Chapter 4 : Grid Integration : Part I – Power System Interactions of Wave Energy Generators
Chapter 5 : Grid Integration : Part II – Power Quality Issues
Chapter 6 : Grid Integration : Part III – Case Studies
Chapter 7 : Electrical Energy Storage Systems
Chapter 8 : Control Systems : Design and Implementation
Chapter 9 : Modelling and Simulation Techniques
Chapter 10 : Economics of Ocean Energy Electrical Systems

Index