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All seminars are held at the Department of Automatic Control, in the seminar room M 3170-73 on the third floor in the M-building, unless stated otherwise.

 

Master Thesis presentation by Hugo Jarudd: Ocean wave prediction for arrays of wave energy converters

Examensarbete

From: 2026-02-27 09:00 to 10:00
Place: Seminar Room M 3170-73 in the M-building, LTH
Contact: richard [dot] pates [at] control [dot] lth [dot] se


Title:  Ocean wave prediction for arrays of wave energy converters
Author: Hugo Jarudd
Date & Time: February 27th, 9:00-10:00
Location: Seminar Room M 3170-73 in the M-building, LTH
Supervisor: Richard Pates
Examiner:  Anders Rantzer



Abstract:

Short-term wave prediction is a key enabling technology for advanced control of
wave energy converters (WECs), where accurate knowledge of the incident wave
field over one to a few wave periods can improve power capture, reduce structural
loads, and support operational decision-making. While many existing prediction
methods rely on either measurements at the prediction point or dedicated up-wave
sensors, such approaches are costly and impractical for dense WEC arrays. This
thesis investigates whether a wave energy converter array can instead function
as a distributed sensing system for short-term wave prediction, using only
measurements available within the array.