SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

Parameters like the mass of the buoy and the translator, the spring stiffness, the free stoke

length, or the cross-sectional area of the buoy are the fixed parameters for one set of a WEC

unit. They can be put directly into the electric circuit model with the same value in the SI

unit.

Terms Appeared In Force Equations Electrical Equivalents

Force Voltage Source
Velocity Current
Mass Inductor
Spring Capacitor
Hydrostatic Stiffness 1/gS Capacitor
Electromagnetic Damping Coefficient Resistor
Major conversion relations

REFERENCE

L. Hai, M. Goteman, and M. Leijon, A Methodology of Modelling a Wave Power System

via an Equivalent RLC Circuit, IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 13621370,

2016.