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Bench Testing Data and Report for an Early Prototype Pitch Resonator WEC

This dataset encompasses data and documentation from bench tests conducted on an early prototype of a "pitch resonator" wave energy converter (WEC). The testing aimed to validate numerical models and reduce risks associated with the pitch resonator concept, which is designed to co...

Coe, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Aug 09, 2024
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Underwater Target Detection Software Demonstration on the RivGen Turbine

This repository includes data, object detection models, and processing scripts necessary to evaluate the accuracy of the object detection models created for the underwater target detection software demonstration on the RivGen turbine project and to reproduce the performance metric...

Joslin, J. et al MarineSitu

Dec 17, 2024
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Magnetic Gears for a Marine Hydrokinetic Generator Component Model

The goal of this project is to design, fabricate, and test a hermetically sealed 50 kilowatt (kW) multistage magnetically geared generator (MGG). The Component Content Model provides data submitters with an easy and consistent means of uploading data and associated meta data about...

Bird, J. et al Portland State University

Jul 30, 2021
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2017 Western Passage Tidal Energy Resource Characterization Measurements

These data are from tidal resource characterization measurements collected between April and July 2017 in Western Passage near Eastport, Maine, USA. The dataset contains the following four sub-datasets, each of which is described in more detail in the README.pdf. 1. A bottom-mou...

Kilcher, L. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 31, 2017
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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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Wave Energy Prize 1/50th Testing M3 Wave Submerged Mid-Column Pressure Differential WEC

This submission of data includes all the 1/50th scale testing data completed on the Wave Energy Prize for the M3 Wave team, and includes: 1/50th test data (raw & processed) 1/50th test data video and pictures 1/50th Test plans and testing documents SSTF_Submission (summarized ...

Scharmen, W. Ricardo Detroit Technical Center

Jan 08, 2016
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DAISY Benchmark Performance Data

This repository contains the underlying data from benchmark experiments for Drifting Acoustic Instrumentation SYstems (DAISYs) in waves and currents described in "Performance of a Drifting Acoustic Instrumentation SYstem (DAISY) for Characterizing Radiated Noise from Marine Energy...

Polagye, B. et al University of Washington

Sep 28, 2024
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TEAMER: Mass of Water Turbine Current Energy Converter CFD Results

The CFD (computational fluid dynamics) results for the Mass of Water Turbine (MOWT) current energy converter from MWNW Consulting (formerly Ecosse IP). Each case is self-contained in its own tar.gz archive file. The archive contains the scripts required to perform a full simulati...

Chartrand, C. and Moir, S. Sandia National Laboratories

May 27, 2022
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Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Velocity and Turbulence Measurements, Processed Data, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

This submission contains processed datasets from a long-term deployment of 3 moorings and a transect survey of the proposed tidal energy site off the East Forelands in Cook Inlet, AK. The long-term mooring datasets were created from 8 instruments mounted on a Terrasond High Ener...

McVey, J. and Kilcher, L. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Aug 31, 2021
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Water Horse Hydroelectric Harvester Dual Oscillator Field Testing Data, UAF Nenana Alaska, 2021

Raw and processed timeseries data generated during field testing of a single "galloping oscillator" Water Horse prototype at PMEC (Pacific Marine Energy Center) Tanana River Test Site in Nenana, AK for 3 weeks in 2021. Data collection by University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Loeffler, B. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks

Aug 18, 2021
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CalWave Open Water Demo Budget Period 1 Reports

The objective of the project is to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the Wave Energy Converter (WEC) developed by CalWave Wave Power Technologies Inc (CalWave) through advanced numerical simulations, dynamic hardware tests, and ultimately a scaled open water demonstr...

Boerner, T. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Jun 03, 2019
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CalWave Holistic PTO Design Product Requirement Document

CalWave Power Technologies is currently in the process of developing the conceptual architecture for a fully upscaled Wave Energy Converter. Current and past efforts have been for smaller scaled systems, with commensurately lower forces and length scales. This document contains a ...

Kojimoto, N. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Dec 06, 2021
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20 Year Daily Average Modeled Velocity and Discharge for Openwater Season at Five Communities on Kuskokwim River, Alaska

This dataset includes modeled velocity and discharge at five communities in the middle Kuskokwim River region: Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Red Devil and Stony River. Modeled velocities and discharge represent daily averages calculated for the openwater season (OWS) from Jun...

Brown, E. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dec 02, 2022
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Specified System Requirements for the HydroAir Power Take Off System

Includes Annual Energy Production of the system, Target Availability of the system, the system's PWR (power to weight ratio), Critical Dimensions and Weights (e.g. center of gravity and center of buoyancy, capture length) of the system, the system's Noise Levels, and All Grid Requ...

Natanzi, S. and Hall, R. Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.

Oct 02, 2020
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Translated System Requirements into PTO Design Requirements (in addition to Component-level metrics) for the HydroAir Power Take Off System

Includes Maximum Cost, Critical Dimensions and Weights, Damping Curve, Rotor Speed Profile Changes, Mechanical Power for a given pressure and airflow, Turbine rpm range and power, Generator input torque, Torque speed curves/profile, Generated electrical power for given input torqu...

Natanzi, S. and Hall, R. Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.

Oct 02, 2020
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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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Admiralty Inlet Advanced Turbulence Measurements: Final Data and Code Archive

Data and code that is not already in a public location that is used in Kilcher, Thomson, Harding, and Nylund (2017) "Turbulence Measurements from Compliant Moorings Part II: Motion Correction" doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0213.1. The links point to Python source code used in the publi...

Kilcher, L. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 01, 2011
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CalWave Tank Testing Lir Deep Ocean Basin

Experimental tank testing report for CalWave's 1:20 & 1:30 scale prototype testing at the Lir National Ocean Test Facility in Ireland. Testing was completed in January 2018. Test report includes description of the scaled prototype, primary testing objectives, instrumentation and b...

Boerner, T. CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Jan 15, 2018
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Wave Energy Prize 1/50th Testing SEWEC Attenuator

This submission of data includes all the 1/50th scale testing data completed on the Wave Energy Prize for the SEWEC team, and includes: 1/50th test data (raw & processed) 1/50th test data video and pictures 1/50th Test plans and testing documents SSTF_Submission (summarized re...

Scharmen, W. Ricardo Detroit Technical Center

Dec 11, 2015
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Tanana River Transects September 2010

As part of the initial site investigation for the Tanana River near Nenana, Alaska, a set of transects was completed on September 23rd, 2010. Similar to the one done on August 10th, 2010. This data was collected with a Rio Grande 1200 Teledyne ADCP the same year the initial bathym...

DUVOY, P. University of Alaska Fairbanks

Sep 23, 2010
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MOIS CAD Models

SolidWorks models of the Modular Ocean Instrumentation System (MOIS) data acquisition system components in it's subsea enclosure. The zip file contains all the components necessary for the assembly.

Nelson, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dec 03, 2015
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Version 2 Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Velocity and Turbulence Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

Version 2 of MHKDR submission #475, which also contains the metadata for these measurements. Files here are stored in netCDF4 format, which can be read in Python using the "netcdf4" or "xarray" packages or in MATLAB using the "ncread()" function. Changes are as follows: MWM1 (mi...

Kilcher, L. and McVey, J. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jul 01, 2021
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Modeling and Performance Data for Heaving Buoy Wave Energy Converter with a Compressible Degree of Freedom (CDOF)

Modeling and performance data in Matlab data file (.mat) containing 3 structures (WEC model, simRes_sr and simRes_fix), and a pdf document describing the model, the simulations, and the analysis that has been carried out.

Bacelli, G. Sandia National Laboratories

Sep 28, 2016
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Laboratory Upgrade Point Absorber WEC-Sim Model with MoorDyn Moorings

This dataset includes a WEC-Sim and MoorDyn model of the Laboratory Upgrade Point Absorber (LUPA). LUPA is an open-source wave energy converter designed and tested by Oregon State University. The files provided here constitute a stable LUPA configuration with three mooring lines. ...

Mcconnell, A. Oregon State University

Oct 08, 2024
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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.