This book discusses about the new techniques of power generation control of oscillating water column (OWC) using airflow control and maximum power point tracking of OWC using rotational speed control. OWCs harness energy from the oscillation of the seawater inside a chamber or hollow caused by the action of waves. This book presents the mathematical modeling and control techniques used by OWCs. Introducing new concepts to studies of wave energy to provide fresh perspectives on energy extraction and efficiency problems, the book will be a valuable resource for researchers and industrial companies involved in thermal energy and coastal engineering. It will also be of interest to students, as it broadens their view of wave energy.
Sunil Kumar Mishra received PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad, India. He is presently working as Assistant Professor in the School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He previously worked as the Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College Ghaziabad, India. His research areas are ocean wave energy (control perspectives) and nonlinear controller design. He has teaching experience of more than one year and has published more than 10 research papers in reputed international journals and renowned conferences. He is also the reviewer of Transactions of Institute of Measurement and Control (TIMC) Journal.
Dusmanta Kumar Mohanta received the Ph.D. (Engg.) degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He was an Electrical Engineer with the Captive Power Plant, National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Angul, India, from 1991-1998. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in addition to his industrial experience of 8 years. He has been a Senior Member of IEEE(USA), Member of IEEE PES RRPA subcommittee, Life Member of ISTE and a Fellow of Institutions of Engineers (India). He is an Editor of Power Components & Systems (Taylor & Francis Publications); Subject Editor of IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution; Associate Editor of IEEE Access as well as of Electrical Engineering (Sringer Nature).
Bhargav Appasani received the Ph.D. (Engg.) degree from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the School of Electronics Engineering, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has published more than 40 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He has also published 4 book chapters with Springer and Elsevier. He is the reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Access, etc. He also has a patent filed to his credit.
Ersan Kabalcı received B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics and Computer Education from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2003 and in 2006 respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2010 with the thesis on implementing an enhanced modulation scheme for multilevel inverters. From 2005 to 2007, he was with Gazi University as a lecturer. He is currently with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department since 2010, Nevsehir HBV University, where he became an Assistant Professor in 2011; an Associate Professor in 2013, and full Professor in 2019 on power plants and power electronics-drives; and is Head of Department. Dr. Kabalcı is an Associate Editor ofseveral international indexed journal on Power Electronics and Renewable energy sources. His current research interests include power electronic applications and drives for renewable energy sources, microgrids, distributed generation, power line communication, and smart grid applications. He is IEEE Member since 2009, and senior-member since 2018.
