Wave energy converter control using observed model predictive control

Abstract

This paper has for objective, the maximization of a one-body wave energy converter using model predictive control. Where two cases are tested. In the second case, a proposition of using the observer model to extract the control law in order to ameliorate control characteristics and reduce the costs of using sensors. The suggested approach is applied to our system and compared to the first case, which represent the classical approach, through simulation results.