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Triton-C WEC Numerical and LCOE Content Models (DDP)

These are the Content Models for the Triton-C multi-mode point absorber WEC based on the Detailed System Design Package (DDP), including WEC Numerical and LCOE Content Models.
Stinson, K. and Mundon, T. Oscilla Power, Inc.
Dec 21, 2020
2 Resources
0 Stars
Awaiting release

Advanced Control Systems for Wave Energy Converters

This submission contains several papers, a final report, descriptions of a theoretical framework for two types of control systems, and descriptions of eight real-time flap load control policies with the objective of assessing the potential improvement of annual average capture eff...
Scruggs, J. et al Resolute Marine Energy, Inc.
Jan 30, 2017
4 Resources
0 Stars
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Centipod WEC Design for PacWave, 1:20 Scale Wave Tank Test Data

This dataset contains processed data collected from 1:20 scale wave tank experiments of a floating wave energy converter model tested at the University of New Hampshire's Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory in May 2023. The data were collected to understand how the device m...
Flanagan, T. and McCall, A. Dehlsen Associates, LLC
Dec 04, 2025
3 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Advanced WEC Dynamics and Controls, Test 1

Numerous studies have shown that advanced control of a wave energy converter's (WEC's) power take off (PTO) can provide significant increases (on the order of 200-300%) in WEC energy absorption. Transitioning these control approaches from simplified paper studies to application in...
Coe, R. Sandia National Laboratories
Feb 26, 2016
3 Resources
0 Stars
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TEAMER: Numerical Model of IProTech PIP WEC Device

iProTech PIP wave energy converter (WEC) is a slack moored, single hull device with no moving parts in the water, joints or bearings. This submission includes data of the simulation, reports, and code for the iProTech PIP (WEC) project. The organization of the data included in the...
Ogden, D. et al IProTech
Nov 02, 2021
2 Resources
0 Stars
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RANS Simulation VBM of Single Full Scale DOE RM1 MHK Turbine

Attached are the .cas and .dat files along with the required User Defined Functions (UDFs) and look-up table of lift and drag coefficients for Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation of a single full scale DOE RM1 turbine implemented in ANSYS FLUENT CFD-package. In this...
Javaherchi, T. and Aliseda, A. University of Washington
Apr 10, 2013
8 Resources
0 Stars
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RANS Simulation VBM of Single Lab Scaled DOE RM1 MHK Turbine

Attached are the .cas and .dat files for the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulation of a single lab-scaled DOE RM1 turbine implemented in ANSYS FLUENT CFD-package. The lab-scaled DOE RM1 is a re-design geometry, based of the full scale DOE RM1 design, producing same po...
Javaherchi, T. et al University of Washington (NNMREC)
Apr 15, 2014
8 Resources
0 Stars
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TEAMER: Raw data and three-year modeled velocity from the upper Kuskokwim River at McGrath, Alaska

This dataset and final report from the upper Kuskokwim River at McGrath, Alaska is the result of a recent river resource and siting assessment conducted by the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) and Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (...
Brown, E. et al City of McGrath, Alaska
Sep 25, 2025
7 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

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
3 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

CalWave Open Water Demonstration Field Testing Content Models (10/21 7/22)

Data for the CalWave Open Water Demonstration, a submerged pressure differential Wave Energy Converter (WEC) Device. Device is moored to the seabed, and the motion of the waves causes the sea level to rise and fall above the device, inducing a pressure differential in the device. ...
Boerner, T. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.
Jul 31, 2022
10 Resources
0 Stars
Awaiting release

Modeling the Integration of Marine Energy into Microgrids Wave Resource Assessment

This submission has wave resource assessments which were conducted for six locations based on IEC requirements using the DOE WPTO Hindcast data and MHKiT. The locations are chosen to provide varying wave climates and include PacWave South, OR; Wave Energy Testing Site (WETS), HI; ...
Mankle, H. and Robertson, B. University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jan 19, 2023
9 Resources
0 Stars
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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
1 Resources
0 Stars
Awaiting release

High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data

The development of this dataset was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Water Power Technologies Office to improve our understanding of the U.S. wave energy resource and to provide critical information for wave energy project de...
Yang, Z. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 01, 2020
6 Resources
1 Stars
Curated

Small Scale WEC Performance Modeling Data

Small Scale WEC Performance Modeling Data is performance data from downscaled models of common WEC devices and their calculated performance outputs. This data is used by the Small WEC interactive modeling tool hosted by PRIMRE. The devices include a point absorber, a two-body poin...
King, T. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 08, 2021
68 Resources
0 Stars
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USWAN Model Hindcast East Coast Regional Model (ECoRM)

Summary tables and plots of six International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) wave parameters, including time series, scatter plots, and tables summarizing model performance.
Neary, V. Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 29, 2017
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Reference Model 3 Scaled Geometry (RM3: Wave Point Absorber)

Contains the Reference Model 3 (RM3) scaled scale geometry files of the Wave Point Absorber, developed by the Reference Model Project (RMP). These scaled geometry files are saved as SolidWorks assembly, IGS, and STEP files, and require a CAD program to view. The scaled RM3 device ...
Neary, V. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 30, 2014
7 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

M3 Wave DMP/APEX WEC Numerical Survivability Report Baseline Geometry

Summary of numerical survivability modeling method for the baseline geometry of the Delos-Reyes Morrow Pressure Device (DMP), commercialized by M3 Wave LLC as "APEX."
Roberts, J. et al M3 Wave
Aug 16, 2016
2 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

Triton Point Absorber 1:30 Scale Tank Test Data for Extreme Wave Environments

This content model summarizes laboratory testing data for the Oscilla Power Triton WEC conducted at 1:30 scale. The WEC was tested in large operational waves and in extreme wave conditions along the 1 in 50 year wave contour at the DoE reference location in Humbolt Bay, CA. The WE...
Mundon, T. and Rosenberg, B. Oscilla Power, Inc.
Mar 13, 2018
26 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

Small Scale WEC Updated Performance Modeling Data

Small Scale WEC Performance Modeling Data is performance data from downscaled models of common WEC devices and their calculated performance outputs. This data is used by the Small WEC interactive modeling tool hosted by PRIMRE. The devices include a point absorber, a two-body poin...
King, T. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oct 28, 2022
25 Resources
0 Stars
In progress

TEAMER: Advanced Wave-to-Wire OWC model in WEC-Sim

Accurate numerical models are crucial for the development of wave energy converter (WEC) technologies, providing the means for power production and lifetime assessment, site selection, and design of mooring lines, PTO systems and controllers, among other aspects. This project aims...
PeƱalba, M. et al Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa
Dec 20, 2024
5 Resources
0 Stars
Curated

Azura Advanced Controls 1/15th Scale Wave Tank Testing

Experimental data from the wave tank test of the Advanced control systems developed by Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) for the Azura at the University of Maine in Orono (UMO). Summary data is included utilizing the WEC Lab Testing Content Model v2.1. All raw and processed expe...
Ling, B. Northwest Energy Innovations
Feb 02, 2018
10 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

HERO WEC V1.0 2024 WEC-Sim Detailed Simulation Runs and Summary Data

This dataset includes results from simulations of NREL's hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter (HEREO WEC). Simulation runs include 135 wave cases that were based on the updated WEC-Sim model, which is linked below. The data represented in this repository i...
Panzarella, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 01, 2024
6 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

TEAMER: Ocean Energy Sandia WEC Simulation Results

Computational fluid simulations for wave energy converters and supporting materials from Ocean Energy's WEC Buoy TEAMER RFTS 1 (request for technical support) project in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories. Each file includes images and video of simulation along with t...
Lewis, T. and Chartrand, C. Ocean Energy
Aug 01, 2022
7 Resources
0 Stars
Awaiting release

Direct-Drive Electrical Generator and PTO System for Flap-type Wave Energy Converters

Project and generator specifications and initial prototype test data for flap-type wave energy converters (WEC)
Englebretson, S. ABB Inc.
Mar 20, 2015
2 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible

Wave Classification Statistical Data for US Waters

Wave statistics computed using output from the NOAA WWIII hindcast simulations, spanning thirty years from 1980 to 2009. The statistics are computed based on frequency-directional variance density spectra every three hours for 1951 locations in US waters.
Haas, K. Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Sep 21, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
Publicly accessible
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