Harvesting mechanical energy from ocean wave oscillations for conversion to electrical energy has long been pursued as an alternative or self-contained power source. The attraction to harvesting energy from ocean waves stems from the sheer power of the wave motion, which can easily exceed 50 kW per meter of wave front. The principal barrier to harvesting this power is the very low and varying frequency of ocean waves, which generally vary from 0.1Hz to 0.5Hz.In this paper the application of a novel class of two-stage electrical energy generators to buoyant structures is presented. The generators use the buoy's interaction with the ocean waves as a low-speed input to a primary system, which, in turn, successively excites an array of vibratory elements (secondary system) into resonance -like a musician strumming a guitar.The key advantage of the present system is that by having two decoupled systems, the low frequency and highly varying buoy motion is converted into constant and much higher frequency mechanical vibrations. Electrical energy may then be harvested from the vibrating elements of the secondary system with high efficiency using piezoelectric elements.The operating principles of the novel two-stage technique are presented, including analytical formulations describing the transfer of energy between the two systems. Also, prototypical design examples are offered, as well as an in-depth computer simulation of a prototypical heaving-based wave energy harvester which generates electrical energy from the upand-down motion of a buoy riding on the ocean's surface.
Because micro-line segments are the most widely used form of tool-paths for computer numerical control machining, the smoothness at the junction of two adjacent segments is still the bottleneck for the machining quality and efficiency. To reduce the time spent by the smoothing process and improve the smoothness at the junction, this article proposes a real-time and look-ahead interpolation algorithm with an axial jerk-smooth transition scheme. In one step, the algorithm finishes the transition scheme construction and velocity planning by using the trigonometric velocity planning method. This method can utilize the maximal acceleration and/or jerk capabilities of drive axis to achieve smooth axial kinematic profiles while satisfying the user-specified chord error. In addition, a real-time look-ahead method is developed to plan the global feedrate profile and adjust the transition schemes without intersections constantly. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm could realize smooth axial velocity, acceleration and jerk control and improve the smoothing process efficiency and machining accuracy.
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