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UCM visits ACG' laboratory at EHU

Successful Visit by UCM to ACG at Basque Country University for FOWT Scale Model Development and Testing

UCM visits ACG's laboratory at EHU

The Automatic Control Group (ACG) at Basque Country University is pleased to announce the successful visit of researchers from the University of Complutense Madrid (UCM). This visit marked a significant milestone in our collaborative project focusing on reduced scale models of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT).
During their time with us, the UCM team  tested FOWT models at a scale of approximately 1:100. These models enabled us to carry out comprehensive experimental tests of the proposed closed-loop control algorithms. The collaboration aimed to advance our understanding and efficiency of FOWT systems by appropriately scaling physical magnitudes such as mechanical and aerodynamic forces, alongside necessary signal scaling.
Key aspects of the project included emulating certain phenomena, such as the load, and implementing others, like pitch control, in a more approximate manner. The scaled models operated at higher frequencies than real systems, necessitating the use of specialized hardware capable of obtaining the FOWT state, performing real-time control calculations, and acting on the control variables.
The experimental tests, conducted under simulated wave and wind conditions, evaluated the impact of the two marine technologies analyzed in this project. Our primary objective was to compare the outcomes produced by each technology individually and in combination within a hybrid system. We were delighted to observe that the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) system not only complemented the energy production of the FOWT system but also provided mechanical stabilization, thereby increasing the performance and durability of the entire setup.
This successful visit is part of a research project funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033/ and by FEDER "Una manera de hacer Europa." This collaboration with UCM signifies a significant step forward in the development of efficient and robust offshore wind energy solutions. The insights gained from this project are expected to contribute substantially to the future of renewable energy technologies.

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ACG attended the FOWTEC Symposium on April 22, 2024, in Getxo, Spain

ACG attended the Floating Offshore Wind Technical (FOWTEC) Symposium on April 22, 2024, in Getxo, Spain

Memebers of ACG, Fares M'zoughi, Salvador Cayuela, Tahereh Bagheri Rouch and Payam Aboutalebi with Dr. Jason Jonkman

ACG attended the Floating Offshore Wind Technical (FOWTEC) Symposium on April 22, 2024, in Getxo, Spain

A Keynote Speech by Dr. Jason Jonkman (NREL) on Engineering Modeling to Advance Floating Wind Technology.

Presentations from Tecnalia, Saitec, France Energies Marines, Fraunhofer IWES, CEHIPAR, IH Cantabria and UPV/EHU.

An offshore visit to the HarshLab project and DemoSATH project of the coast of Armintza, Spain.

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Proceedings of the 5th WWME is now available: Lecture Notes on Novel Advances for Marine Energy Systems

Proceedings of the 5th WWME is now available: Lecture Notes on Novel Advances for Marine Energy Systems

The Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Wind and Marine Energy 2023 (WWME) held on December 14, 2023, is now available: Lecture Notes on Novel Advances for Marine Energy Systems

 

Authors: Aitor J. Garrido, Matilde Santos, Izaskun Garrido (arg./eds.)

Year: 2024

Publisher: UPV/EHU

Volume: 5

ISBN/ISSN: 78-84-09-58971-5

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ACG carried out a technical visit to the wave power plant of Mutriku, Spain.

ACG carried out a technical visit to the wave power plant of Mutriku, Spain.

The Automatic Control Group (ACG) carried out on February 19, 2024, a technical visit to the wave power plant of Mutriku, Spain including Professor Izaskun Garrido, Dr. Fares M'zoughi and Dr. Payam Aboutalebi

Professor Dong Nguyen, a Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), joined the visit for insightful and technical feedback on the operation of the Oscillating Water Columns (OWC) and the use of Wells turbines. 

The visit was led by Dr. Jon Lekube a project manager at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP).

 

APPEEC_2023

ACG participated in the 15th IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference 2023 (APPEEC 2023) on December 6-9, 2023, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

ACG participated in the 15th IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference 2023 (APPEEC 2023) on December 6-9, 2023, in Chiang Mai, Thailand

The Automatic Control Group participated in the 15th IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference 2023 (APPEEC 2023) https://ieee-appeec.org/ organized in Chiang Mai, Thailand on December 6-9, 2023.

 

Dr. Fares M'zoughi presented the research work "Machine Learning-based OWC Diagnosis Using Real Measured Data from Wave Power Plants".

Dr. Payam Aboutalebi presented the research work "Mitigating Undesirable Oscillatory Behavior in Barge-type Floating Offshore Wind Turbines through Oscillating Water Columns".

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ACG participated in the 11th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA) on March 6-7, 2023, in Grimstad, Norway

ACG participated in the 11th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA) on March 6-7, 2023, in Grimstad, Norway

The Automatic Control Group participated in the 2023 11th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA) organized on November 1-3, 2023, at Campus Grimstad, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.

Our Ph.D. student Irfan Ahmad presented the research work "Enhancing Stability and Performance of Hybrid Offshore Wind Platforms: A Novel Fuzzy Logic Control Approach with Computational Machine Learning".

EWTEC_2023

ACG participated in the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) on September 3-7, 2023, in Bilbao, Spain

ACG participated in the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) on September 3-7, 2023, in Bilbao, Spain

The Automatic Control Group (ACG) participated in the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference held between 3rd– 7th of September 2023 in Bilbao, Spain.

 

Dr. Payam Aboutalebi presented his work "Hydrodynamic and Static Stability Analysis of a Hybrid Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Generation: An Expansion of Semisubmersible Floating Wind Turbine Concept".

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Check out the latest activities of ACG in the AUTOMAR Bulletin number 11

Check out the latest activities of ACG in the AUTOMAR Bulletin number 11

Check out the latest activities of the Automatic Control Group (ACG) in the AUTOMAR Bulletin number 11 published by Grupo temático de Automática y Robótica para la Industria Marítima y las Ciencias  Marinas del Comité Español de Automática (CEA).

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ACG attended the 4th WECANet Assembly on March 6-7, 2023, in Ghent, Belgium

ACG attended the 4th WECANet Assembly on March 6-7, 2023, in Ghent, Belgium

The Automatic Control Group participated in the 4th WECANet Assembly organized on March 6-7, 2023, in Ghent, Belgium.

Dr. Fares M'zoughi presented the research work "Classification-based OWC Diagnosis Using Real Measured Data".

Dr. Payam Aboutalebi presented the research work "A Concept of Hybrid Wave and Wind Energy Converters".

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ACG is Granted a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2022 funding

Fares M'zoughi with the Automatic Control Group (ACG) is granted a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Global Fellowship funding at the 2022 MSCA call.

Fares M'zoughi with the Automatic Control Group (ACG) is granted a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Global Fellowship funding. The European Commission will fund his research project titled: Performance Optimization of a Hybrid Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Platform (POHOWEP)

PhD in Automatic Control. Ocean Energy

Researcher: Hiring a PhD in Automatic Control. Ocean Energy

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FPI 2022 1

First publication date: 02/02/2023

Call date:
12-1-2023
Requirements:

- Be in possession of the official Master's degree or equivalent that gives access to Doctorate studies at the time of application. who awards the aid.

- English proficiency will be valued positively, having previous experience in terms of publications and presenting a letter of recommendation.


3rd Workshop on Wind and Marine Energy

International Workshop

IV Workshop on Wind (and) Marine Energy Energía Eólica (y) Marina WWME 2022

When and where

15/12/2022

Description

The 4th Workshop on Wind and Marine Energy (IV WWME) is organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), based on projects AEI/FEDERPDI2021-123543OB-C21 y C22. This workshop offers the opportunity to discuss and present research developed to deal with challenges facing current society to transform its energy model. Authors are invited to submit contributions containing research to predict, diagnose, monitor, and manage the state or condition of engineering assets using various advanced controls. All articles will be peer-reviewed.

Registration for the Workshop is FREE

All accepted papers will be published FREE of charge in “Lecture Notes on Clean Energy Generation” with ISBN by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Accepted contributions will be on-line presented with a 3 minutes video presentation.

 

Selected papers will be invited to submit an English extended version to the special issue "Advances in Optimization and Control of Electronic Devices for Renewable and Clean Energy Systems and Applications in the journal Electronics.

Submission method: Submit to irfanahmad.irfan@ehu.eus

Submission language: English, Spanish or Basque (with additional English abstract)

Submission format: IEEE style (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html)

Submission length: maximum of 6 pages

Submission deadline: 25 November 2022

Notification of Acceptance: 05 December 2022

Camera-ready deadline: 10 December 2022

 

Registration: To register for the workshop as an author, speaker or attendee please fill out the form at this link.

Certificates of attendance/presentation will be provided.

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Margarita Salas and María Zambrano

ACG members secure Margarita Salas and María Zambrano Post Doctoral Scholarships

ACG members secure Margarita Salas and María Zambrano Post Doctoral Scholarships for 2021-2023

ACG members Payam Aboutalebi and Fares M'zoughi secured a Margarita Salas and María Zambrano Post Doctoral Scholarships, respectively, for 2021-2023.

The Grants are obtained under the call for requalification of the Spanish university system 2021-2023 Resolution, financed by the EUROPEAN UNION-NEXT GENERATION EU

SOCO'2022

ACG participated in the 17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2022) on September 5-7, 2022, in Salamanca, Spain

ACG participated in the 17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2022) on September 5-7, 2022, in Salamanca, Spain

ACG participated in the 17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2022) on September 5-7, 2022, in Salamanca, Spain.

 

Dr. Payam Aboutalebi presented his work "A Control Approach on Hybrid Floating Offshore Wind Turbines for Platform and Generated Power Oscillations Reduction at Below-rated Wind Speed"

CONTROLO'2022

ACG participated in the 15th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing (CONTROLO'2022) on July 6-8, 2022, in Caparica, Lisbon-Region, Portugal

ACG participated in the 15th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing (CONTROLO'2022) on July 6-8, 2022, in Caparica, Lisbon-Region, Portugal

The Automatic Control Groupe participated in the 15th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing (CONTROLO'2022) on July 6-8, 2022, in Caparica, Lisbon-Region, Portugal.

 

Dr. Fares M'zoughi presented his work "Dual Airflow Control Strategy for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Stabilization Using Oscillating Water Columns".

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Check out the latest activities of ACG in the AUTOMAR Bulletin number 10

Check out the latest activities of ACG in the AUTOMAR Bulletin number 10

Check out the latest activities of the Automatic Control Group (ACG) in the AUTOMAR Bulletin number 10 published by Grupo temático de Automática y Robótica para la Industria Marítima y las Ciencias  Marinas del Comité Español de Automática (CEA).

4th Workshop on Wind and Marine Energy

International Workshop

III Workshop on Wind (and) Marine Energy Energía Eólica (y) Marina WWME 2021

When and where

16/12/2021

Description

The 3rd Workshop on Wind and Marine Energy (III WWME) is organized by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), based on projects RTI2018‐094902‐B‐C21andC22. This workshop offers the opportunity to discuss and present research developed to deal with challenges facing current society to transform its energy model. Authors are invited to submit contributions containing research to predict, diagnose, monitor, and manage the state or condition of engineering assets using various advanced controls. All articles will be peer-reviewed.

Registration for the Workshop is FREE

All accepted papers will be published FREE of charge in “Innovation and Lecture Notes in Control Engineering for Ocean Energy” with ISBN by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Accepted contributions will be on-line presented with a 3 minutes video presentation.

 

Selected papers will be invited to submit an English extended version to the special issue "Advances in Optimization and Control of Electronic Devices for Renewable and Clean Energy Systems and Applications“ in the journal Electronics.

Submission method: Submit to fares.mzoughi@ehu.eus 

Submission language: English, Spanish or Basque (with additional English abstract)

Submission format: IEEE style (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html)

Submission length: maximum of 6 pages

Submission deadline: 01 December 2021

Notification of Acceptance: 10 December 2021

Camera-ready deadline: 13 December 2021

 

Registration: To register for the workshop as an author, speaker or attendee please fill out the form at this link.

Certificates of attendance/presentation will be provided.

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ACG receives the AUTOMAR JESÚS MANUEL DE LA CRUZ 2021 AWARD

ACG receives the AUTOMAR JESÚS MANUEL DE LA CRUZ 2021 AWARD at the XLII Jornadas de Automatica 2021 organized at Universidad Jaume I de Castellón, Spain.

The Automatic Control Group receives the AUTOMAR JESÚS MANUEL DE LA CRUZ 2021 AWARD at the 42nd Jornadas de Automatica 2021 organized on September 1-3, 2021 at Universidad Jaume I de Castellón, Spain for the work "New control strategy for the reduction of oscillations in floating wind turbines".

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