Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2022

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Dhanak, Manhar

Abstract

The aim of this thesis project was to design, develop, and test, a continuously variable transmission (CVT)-based power take off (PTO) sub-system, and its controller, for a small scale marine hydrokinetic turbine (MHK) developed for low-speed tidal currents. In this thesis, a CVT based PTO and controller was developed for a predefined MHK and validated through simulations. A testing platform was subsequently developed including an emulation system to replicate the MHK for testing of the coupled MHK/PTO system. Laboratory testing of the emulation system, PTO component efficiencies, and full system with controls was then conducted. The results showed the mechanical PTO design to be a valid solution and the control methods to be marginally stable with adequate power conversion at low-speed current conditions. The results also identified future work in continued controller development, alternate PTO component testing, and continued testing in parallel with that being done on the MHK prototype.

Extent

177 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (MS)--Florida Atlantic University, 2022.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Identifier

FA00013977

Format

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