Optimal Damping Profile for a Heaving
\nBuoy Wave Energy Converter

Abstract

This paper discusses optimal damping profiles for a heaving buoy Wave Energy
\nConverter (WEC) with a single degree of freedom. The goal is to examine how the device can
\nbe controlled to harvest maximum energy from incident waves. Both latching and declutching
\nstrategies are allowed via a general parametrization of the damping force. Ultimately, the
\nresearch attempts to determine the best control strategy to apply considering the relative
\nresonant frequency of the device and the monochromatic wave frequency set.