Hybrid Simulation of a Wave Energy Converter Power Take Off for Flicker and Power Quality Studies

This paper presents a hybrid numerical-physical simulation of a point-absorber wave energy converter (WEC) for grid connected power quality studies. The simulated WEC is connected to a laboratory grid through a standard induction generator, with a weak grid simulated by added series impedance between the generator and the laboratory grid connection. Specifically, this paper presents the experimental demonstration of this system to measure power quality metrics including flicker and harmonics and compares the measured results from the hybrid numerical-physical WEC to existing research.