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Laboratory Experiments for Highly Nonlinear WEC-Wave Conditions

This document describes the experiments carried out in December 2019 and February-March 2020 in the Directional Wave Basin at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University. Regular and irregular waves were generated in the absence and presence of a WEC, inclu...

Robertson, B. et al Oregon State University

Apr 30, 2020
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TEAMER: Wavewatts Inc. Preliminary Performance Analysis for the Wavewatts Wave Energy Converter

Renewable energy costs have declined but are still unable to consistently meet power consumption demands when needed most. The Wavewatts concept is able to consistently deliver critical dispatchable renewable energy by directly converting large and slow moving forces of wave energ...

Hon, R. et al Wavewatts Inc.

Sep 04, 2025
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TEAMER: Public Post Access Report Wavewatts Inc. Preliminary Performance Analysis for the Wavewatts Wave Energy Converter

Hon, R. et al Wavewatts Inc.

Jan 05, 2026
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Competing Use Analysis for Offshore Renewables and Subsea Cables

Demand for abundant and diverse resources in the oceans is growing, necessitating marine spatial planning. To inform development of Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) and Offshore Wind (OSW) resources, the Department of Energy (DOE) has asked NREL to identify the competing uses areas betwe...

Best, B. and Kilcher, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Aug 29, 2019
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Control-based optimization for tethered tidal kite

This submission includes three peer-reviewed (under review) papers from the researchers at North Carolina State University presenting control-based techniques to maximize effectiveness of a tethered tidal kite. Below are the abstracts of each file included in the submission. Cobb...

Vermillion, C. et al North Carolina State University

Mar 02, 2020
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HydroAir Power Take Off Combined Design Report

The submission is the combined design report for the HydroAir Power Take Off (PTO). CAD drawings, circuit diagrams, design report, test plan, technical specifications and data sheets are included for the Main and auxiliary control cabinets and three-phase-synchronous-motor with a ...

Pearson, G. et al Dresser-Rand Company

Jun 26, 2015
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Centipod WEC, Advanced Controls, Final Technical Report

Final Technical Report for "Advanced Controls for the Multi-pod Centipod WEC device" describing project parameters, organization, task activities, accomplishments, and conclusions. See other submissions under this DOE project for economic viability, design geometry, and modeling.

McCall, A. Dehlsen Associates, LLC

Feb 15, 2016
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Geometric, structural, and control co-design for undersea kites

Focusing on a marine hydrokinetic energy application, this paper presents a combined geometric, structural, and control co-design framework for optimizing the performance of energy-harvesting kites subject to structural constraints. While energy-harvesting kites can offer more tha...

Vermillion, C. et al North Carolina State University

Sep 14, 2020
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Centipod WEC, Advanced Controls, Quarterly Technical Report

Quarterly Technical Report for "Advanced Controls for the Multi-pod Centipod WEC device" describing project parameters, organization, task activities, accomplishments, and conclusions. See other submissions under this DOE project for economic viability, design geometry, and modeli...

McCall, A. Dehlsen Associates, LLC

Feb 15, 2016
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ALFA Coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics/Discrete Element Method Modeling System

The HDIS/COUPi discrete element method modeling system was used to simulate the interaction between various debris and the Research Debris Diversion Platform (RDDP)

DUVOY, P. University of Alaska Fairbanks

Nov 29, 2016
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Spooling control design for flight optimization of tethered tidal kites

This submission includes three peer-reviewed (under review) papers from the researchers at North Carolina State University presenting different control-based techniques to maximize the efficiency and robustness of a tethered energy-harvesting kite. Below are the abstracts of each ...

Daniels, J. et al North Carolina State University

Sep 16, 2019
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Sub-Scale Stage 1 Magnetic Gear for a Marine Hydrokinetic Generator

The goal of this project is to design, fabricate, and test a hermetically sealed 50 kilowatt (kW) multistage magnetically geared generator (MGG). In order to reduce risk, a sub-scale 5kW multistage MGG was first built. This project will benefit MHK device developers by providing a...

Bird, J. Portland State University

May 12, 2022
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AeroDyn V15.04: Design Tool for Wind and MHK Turbines

AeroDyn is a time-domain wind and MHK turbine aerodynamics module that can be coupled into the FAST version 8 multi-physics engineering tool to enable aero-elastic simulation of horizontal-axis wind turbines. AeroDyn V15.04 has been updated to include a cavitation check for MHK tu...

Murray, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 28, 2017
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TEAMER: Numerical Modeling and Optimization of the iProTech Pitching Inertial Pump (PIP) Wave Energy Converter (WEC)

This project focused on developing an automated workflow to evaluate and optimize the iProTech Pitching Inertial Pump (PIP) wave energy converter (WEC) using open-source Python packages and the MATLAB/Simulink tool, WEC-Sim. The process involved parameterizing key design variables...

Wynn, N. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Apr 11, 2024
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NWEI Azura Technology Demonstration at WETS Final Reports

This submission contains the final scientific and technical report for the Azura technology demonstration at WETS. Also contained are all test reports as referenced in the final report. All test data from this project may be found under 'Related Datasets' on the MHKDR submission page.

Ling, B. et al Northwest Energy Innovations

Jul 01, 2018
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Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, OR Final Technical Report & Appendices

In 2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Wind and Water Power Program issued a funding opportunity announcement to establish university-led National Marine Renewable Energy Centers. Oregon State University and the University of Washington combined their capabilities in wave and ...

Hellin, D. Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

Jun 30, 2016
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Oscylator-4 Energy Converter St. Clair River Installation Data 2016

Data collected during the 2016 St. Clair River installation of the Oscylator-4 energy converter.

Taipale, J. and Kim, E. Vortex Hydro Energy

Jul 20, 2016
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