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Optimization of an energy harvesting buoy for coral reef monitoring
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posted on 2013-08-21, 00:00 authored by A Pirisi, F Grimaccia, M Mussetta, R E Zich, R Johnstone, M Palaniswami, Sutharshan RajasegararSutharshan RajasegararThe sustainable management of coastal and offshore ecosystems, such as for example coral reef environments, requires an energy efficient collection of accurate data across various temporal and spatial scales. To suitably address the energy supply of marine sensors, in this paper a novel energy harvesting device is proposed, based on a Tubular Permanent Magnet-Linear Generator (TPM-LiG). The application is related to the sea wave energy conversion for small sensorized buoy. The optimization process is developed by means of evolutionary computation techniques. The advantage of these algorithms is in the wide exploration of the variables space and in the effective exploitation of the fitness function. The algorithm has been tested on a benchmark case and then applied to the optimization of a power-buoy prototype which has been realized in laboratory with potential significant implications in future marine environment applications.
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Evolutionary Computation. IEEE Congress (2013 : Cancun, Mexico)Pagination
629 - 634Publisher
IEEELocation
Cancun, MexicoPlace of publication
Piscataway, N.J.Publisher DOI
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2013-06-20End date
2013-06-23ISBN-13
9781479904549Language
engPublication classification
E Conference publication; E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2013, IEEETitle of proceedings
CEC 2013 : Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary ComputationUsage metrics
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