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Net Shape Fabricated Low Cost MHK Pass-Through the Hub Turbine Blades with Integrated Health Management Technology

The primary objective of this project is to develop a three-blade MHK rotor with low manufacturing and maintenance costs. The proposed program will design, fabricate and test a novel half-scale low cost, net shape fabricated single piece three-blade MHK rotor with integrated healt...

Wess, D. ARL Penn State

Feb 09, 2016
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StingRAY Structural Optimization Final Technical Report

The overall project objective is to materially decrease the leveled cost of energy (LCOE) of the Columbia Power (CPower) StingRAY utility-scale wave energy converter (WEC). This will be achieved by reducing structural material and manufacturing costs and increasing energy output. ...

Lenee-Bluhm, P. Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Aug 05, 2020
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StingRAY Structural Optimization Final Technical Report Appendices

The protected data appendices to the public Final Technical Report. The overall project objective is to materially decrease the leveled cost of energy (LCOE) of the Columbia Power (CPower) StingRAY utility-scale wave energy converter (WEC). This will be achieved by reducing stru...

Lenee-Bluhm, P. Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Aug 05, 2020
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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
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TEAMER: Sandia and CalWave Torque Spring Assessment

Power-take-off (PTO) systems for wave energy converters (WEC) require restoring forces for efficient hydrodynamic as well as mechanical to electric power transfer. Implementation of an effective spring mechanism that can provide a restoring torque on e.g. a rotational, winch type ...

Boerner, T. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Apr 01, 2022
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Current Energy Harnessing using Synergistic Kinematics of Schools of Fish-Shaped Bodies: Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory Tank Testing Data

The objectives of the proposed work pertain to building a high power-density and high efficiency device to harness MHK energy by mimicking fish-school kinematics. Vortex Hydro Energy is collaborating with a concept formed and undergone preliminary testing at the University of Mich...

Bernitsas, M. Vortex Hydro Energy

Apr 11, 2017
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TEAMER: ORPC Pitching Foil Crossflow Turbine Efficiency Testing Report

Turbine performance data, collected and processed by the University of New Hampshire (UNH). This presentation includes turbine performance vs tow speed and Reynolds #, turbine performance vs tip-speed ratio, as well as the TARE values used for processing the data. Project was fun...

Pillsbury, L. Ocean Renewable Power Company

Sep 01, 2022
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TEAMER: Tidal Currents Turbine Parametric Study Flow, Power, Torque, and Energy Optimization

This is an exercise in optimizing the flow through a shrouded axial turbine to have the least resistance and to have optimal output and torque and energy. In this study, different variations of the original geometry of the current turbine designed by Hydrokinetic Energy Corp. (HEC...

Schurtenberger, W. and Ge, Z. Hydrokinetic Energy Corp.

Jul 30, 2021
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TEAMER: Tidal Currents in San Juan Archipelago, Washington

Re-analyzed acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data originally collected by NOAA CO-OPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services) and equivalent point data from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's FVCOM (Finite Volume Community Ocean Model) model of th...

Polagye, B. et al University of Washington

Dec 15, 2022
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CalWave Open Water Demonstration PTO Belt Assessment & Test Report Public

PTO (Power Take-Off) belt test and analysis report conducted under CalWave's Open Water Demonstration Award EE0008097 Belt Tradeoffs for Winch PTO. The report tests two types of belts: a high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) woven fiber belt and a steel cable polyurethane belt. The goa...

Kojimoto, N. and Boerner, T. CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

May 28, 2021
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Focusing Wave Energy for Wave Energy Converter Applications

Wave tank tests at Stevens Institute of Technology quantified the ability of near-surface platforms to concentrate wave energy over the platform. Due to the instantaneous change in water depth, mass, energy, and power are conserved in this process. The energy and power concentrat...

Raftery, M. Stevens Institute of Technology

Aug 10, 2010
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MOIS LabVIEW Software

Software developed in LabVIEW for the Modular Ocean Instrumentation System (MOIS) is provided. Two documents: MOIS User's Guide and MOIS Software Developer's Guide are included in the submission.

Nelson, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 03, 2015
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TEAMER: Crossflow Turbine Fairing Geometry Optimization Report and CFD Modeling Files

The dataset includes computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models and simulation files for crossflow turbines as well as a detailed project report. The report documents the project undertaken by the Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) to design and optimize a modular fairing for the...

McEntee, J. Ocean Renewable Power Company

Aug 08, 2024
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M3 Wave DMP/APEX WEC Downselected System Overviews

In 2014, open water testing revealed that sediment scour around and under the device was significant and likely interrupted operations. To explore methods to mitigate this phenomenon, M3 developed a number of alternate concepts as detailed in concept sketches. This submission incl...

Morrow, M. and Delos-Reyes, M. M3 Wave

Sep 29, 2017
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M3 Wave DMP/APEX WEC 1:10 Scale Preliminary Tank Test Plan

This is a preliminary test plan for testing of the Delos-Reyes Morrow Pressure Device (DMP), commercialized by M3 Wave LLC as "APEX," at Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University. Additional logistical details and instrumentation specifics will be added as engi...

Delos-Reyes, M. and Morrow, M. M3 Wave

Feb 23, 2017
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TEAMER: xWave Real Time IMU Optimization for Advanced Controls

CalWave is developing a wave energy converter (WEC) called xWave that operates fully submerged and is classified as a type of submerged pressure differential WEC. As ocean waves pass over the submerged wave buoy, a pressure differential is created, exciting the absorber in multipl...

Spinneken, J. and Boerner, T. CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Apr 18, 2023
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TidGen: Permits for Installation of Single Turbine Test System, Cobscook Bay, Maine

This is a summary of permits required and obtained for installation, operation, removal of the TidGen Single Turbine Test system in Cobscook Bay, May in 2023. The Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) worked with federal and state entities to gain required permits and approvals tha...

Sellers-Reynolds, K. Ocean Renewable Power Company

Feb 27, 2024
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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
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Numerical Analysis of Two-Body Floating Attenuator WEC (Waveberg)

The project involved developing a WEC-Sim model of the Waveberg 1:25 model tested in the wave flume at Stevens Institute Davidson Laboratory. The Waveberg uses a piston pump as the PTO; the back pressure on the pump is the key operating variable. The model did not achieve the scal...

Wegener, P. DBA Waveberg Development

Mar 26, 2025
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UMass 2-Body WEC Techno-Economic Assessment

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) is developing a 2-body wave energy converter (WEC) device that is converting mechanical power into electricity using a mechanical motion rectifier that allows the system to couple to a flywheel. UMass has completed numerical modeling, wave t...

Previsic, M. Re Vision Consulting

Nov 19, 2024
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Tidal Current Cross-flow Turbine Wake ADV and PIV Data

Measurements in the wake of a high-solidity cross-flow turbine in a laboratory flume obtained using Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry and Particle Image Velocimetry for the purposes of characterizing the turbine wake and comparing the methods.

Polagye, B. University of Washington

Dec 06, 2016
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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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Next Generation RivGen Power System: Kvichak River, AK Overwinter Ice Study

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center was tasked with developing a real-time data telemetry / remote power generation system to monitor frazil ice conditions in the Kvichak River in support of the U.S. Department of Energy funded "Next...

Kasper, J. et al Igiugig Village Council

Oct 04, 2017
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MASK4 Test Campaign for Sandia WaveBot Device Dataset

This data and report details the findings from a wave tank test focused on production of useful work of a wave energy converter (WEC) device. The experimental system and test were specifically designed to validate models for power transmission throughout the WEC system. Additional...

Forbush, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Dec 25, 2023
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Advanced TidGen Power System Material Characterization Program

The TidGen Power System generates emission-free electricity from tidal currents and connects directly into existing grids using smart grid technology. The power system consists of three major subsystems: shore-side power electronics, mooring system, and turbine generator unit (TGU...

Marnagh, C. and McEntee, J. Ocean Renewable Power Company

Jun 14, 2018
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