Holistic Advanced Prototyping and Interfacing for Wave Energy Control

波浪能有可能为英国的可再生能源和经济增长做出重大贡献，并有助于实现政府的清洁增长战略。作为国家可再生能源组合的一部分，波浪能与风能发电的异相关系带来了宝贵的电网平衡能源效益。它是为数不多的国内主导的低碳技术行业之一，可以推动英国经济的发展，并显示出巨大的出口前景。然而，波浪能正处于发展的关键时刻，风能和太阳能等竞争技术近年来成本迅速下降。一种降低波浪能转换器（WEC）成本的解决方案是通过开发和植入改进的设备控制，其可以显著改善能量捕获并延长设备寿命，而无需显著的硬件重新设计。已经提出并将提出许多WEC控制方法，其中每一种方法都必须在WEC上部署之前在物理波浪水槽环境中进行演示和证明。波浪水槽测试允许受控WEC在低风险环境中进行测试和安全地降低风险，设计人员和开发人员可以开发其控制器的知识（降低其运行风险并减少不确定性），并激发实施所需方法的概念。（整体先进原型和波能控制接口）将开发和展示开放的硬件和开放的软件工具，以及用于在最先进的波浪槽设施中快速、成本有效和远程（通过互联网）部署新型WEC控制器的方法。在这样做的过程中，它将扩大WEC控制器开发的参与范围，使海洋可再生能源社区以外的人能够参与，并消除在波浪水槽环境中测试控制算法的障碍。该项目提出三个核心概念：（1）远程进行的波浪能设备控制器的快速高级原型设计（2）具有新型分布式传感功能的开源、可访问、特征良好的通用比例模型（3）先进的阻抗匹配控制策略（最优速度跟踪）作为一个案例研究控制器，在坦克中与国际比赛的获胜者进行了基准测试。概念性风力发电机的开发人员以及更成熟的设备开发人员都可以获得关于控制器硬件和软件快速原型的知识开发者该项目旨在通过IMPACT+开源工具箱、开放硬件OSPREY I WEC测试台以及广泛的开放获取数据集和出版物对该行业产生持久影响。HAPiWEC活动与Supergen ORE Hub确定的关键开发领域和所需支持机制保持一致，并将为ECR和CDT活动创建新工具。该项目得到了各种项目工业合作伙伴的大力支持，他们将在各自的专业领域提供关键的见解。这些组织包括西大西洋海洋能源共同体、南特中央学校、苏格兰波浪能组织、国家可再生能源实验室和可再生动力组织，它们都是波浪能和控制方面的专家，并处于与研究和工业界接触的最前沿。他们的专业知识将是非常宝贵的指导项目，并确保成果广泛传播给社区。

Wave energy has the potential to provide significant contributions of renewable energy and economic growth for the UK and help deliver the Government's Clean Growth Strategy . As part of a national renewable energy portfolio, wave energy brings valuable grid-balancing energy benefits with its out-of-phase relationship with wind energy generation. It is one of the few domestically led low carbon technology sectors that could advance the economy with significant UK content and shows great promise for exports. However, wave energy is at a critical juncture in its development with competing technologies such as wind and solar having seen rapid cost reductions in recent years. One solution to find this cost reduction for Wave Energy Converters (WECs) is through the development and implantation of improved device control which could dramatical improve energy capture and extend device lifetime without the need for significant hardware redesign. Numerous approaches to WEC control have been and will be proposed, each of which will have to be demonstrated and proven in a physical wave tank environment before being deployed on WECs. Wave tank tests allow controlled WECs to be tested and de-risked safely in a low risk environment, designers and developers to develop knowledge of their controllers (de-risking their operation and reducing uncertainty) and stimulate concepts for approaches required for their implementation.HAPiWEC (Holistic Advanced Prototyping and Interfacing for Wave Energy Control) will develop and demonstrate open-hardware and open-software tools, and methodologies for the rapid, cost-effective and remote (over the internet) deployment of novel WEC controllers in state-of-the-art wave tank facilities. In doing so, it will widen the participation of WEC controller development to those outside of the marine renewable energy community and remove barriers to the testing of control algorithms in wave tank environments. The project proposes 3 core concepts: (1) Rapid advanced prototyping of controllers for wave energy devices, conducted remotely(2) An open source, accessible, well-characterised generic scale model with novel distributed sensing(3) An advanced impedance matching control strategy (Optimal Velocity Tracking) as a case study controller, benchmarked in the tank against the winners of an international competitionThe "open" learnings on rapid prototyping of controller hardware and software will be accessible by both developers of conceptual WECs as well as more established device developers. The project aims to leave a lasting impact on the sector through the legacy of the IMPACT+ open source toolbox, open-hardware OSPREY I WEC test rig and extensive open-access datasets and publications. HAPiWEC activities align with key areas of development and the required support mechanisms identified by Supergen ORE Hub and will create new tools for ECRs and CDT activities. The project is strongly supported by a diverse set of project industrial partners who will provide critical insight in their areas of expertise. These include the West Atlantic Marine Energy Community (WEAMEC), Ecole Centrale Nantes (ECN), Wave Energy Scotland (WES), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Renewable Dynamics all of whom are experts in wave energy and control and are at the forefront of engagement with the research and industrial communities. Their expertise will be invaluable in directing the project and ensuring the outputs are disseminated widely amongst the community.