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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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TEAMER: A Tow Body Optical Camera System

Archive consists of design drawings, assembly instructions, and bill of materials (BOM) for a Igiugig Village Council (IVC)/Ocean Renewable Power company (ORPC) tow body camera system for underwater environmental monitoring using optical cameras. This work was conducted by the Uni...

Joslin, J. et al University of Washington

Apr 30, 2021
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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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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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Turbine Depth Optimization Study, Admiralty Inlet, WA

The zipped file contains a directory of data and routines used in the NNMREC turbine depth optimization study (Kawase et al., 2011), and calculation results thereof. For further info, please contact Mitsuhiro Kawase at kawase@uw.edu.

Kawase, M. et al University of Washington

Nov 22, 2009
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Raw Data from 2013 TRIAXYS Buoy at Pacific Marine Energy Center North Energy Test Site, OR

From July 29 through October 4, 2013 a TRIAXYS wave buoy was deployed in the Pacific Marine Energy Center North Energy Test Site. This submission includes all the preprocessed data extracted from the binary TRIAXYS recordings, as well as scripts to parse the data into MATLAB.

Pittman, R. Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

Jul 29, 2013
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State Estimation for advanced control of wave energy converters

A report on state estimation for advanced control of wave energy converters (WECs), with supporting data models and slides from the overview presentation. The methods discussed are intended for use to enable real-time closed loop control of WECs.

Coe, R. and Bacelli, G. Sandia National Laboratories

Apr 25, 2017
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LCOE Content Model for the Heaving Point Absorber Buoy

This is the LCOE analysis spreadsheet and content model for the heaving point absorber buoy developed for controls purposes. The cost assessment was done on a wave-farm of 100-units.

Previsic, M. and Karthikeyan, A. Re Vision Consulting

Jul 14, 2017
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CalWave Device Behavior in Different Sea States from Scaled Tank Testing

This submission contains a summary of tank test derived WEC device behavior in different irregular sea states. CalWave sought to conduct experimental tank testing of scaled prototype units early on in the design process to obtain a first estimation of device performance for sea ...

Boerner, T. and Murray, B. CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Mar 30, 2018
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SeaRAY Open-Water Test Sensor MODAQ Data II

This dataset contains raw sensor data collected during open-water testing of the SeaRAY wave energy converter system. Data were recorded using the MODAQ (Modular Ocean Data Acquisition) system and are provided in National Instruments TDMS format. A companion spreadsheet lists the ...

Zhang, Z. Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

May 07, 2025
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NWEI AZURA Data for April 2018 Measured by MOIS (NREL)

Performance data (motion, power, mooring loads, position, heading, MOIS status) for the AZURA WEC operating at the Hawaii Wave Energy Test Site (WETS). Measured by Modular Ocean Instrumentation System (MOIS). These data are for the month of April 2018. Channel descriptions are i...

Driscoll, R. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2018
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Millinocket Stream, Maine Velocity and Bathymetry Measurements 2021

ORPC staff collected site characterization data on Millinocket Stream, downstream of the hydropower station at the former Great Northern Paper Mill site in Millinocket, Maine. Bathymetry was collected with a SonTek M9 using HydroSurveyor software package and velocity was collected...

Anderton, S. and Caspard, M. ORPC Inc.

Sep 30, 2021
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RITE Gen5 KHPS Levelized Cost of Energy

Levelized Cost of Energy analysis for Verdant Power Gen5 KHPS utilizing annualized AEP based on actual energy generation at the RITE Project during 2020-21. The WEC devices analyzed include attenuator, point absorber, oscillating wave surge converter, oscillating water column, ove...

Corren, D. et al Verdant Power Inc.

Jun 22, 2022
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TidGen: Single Turbine System Mooring Design Overview for Cobscook Bay, Maine

This document summarizes the design of the Single Turbine Subsystem (STS) 2-point mooring system in Cobscook Bay, ME. The TidGen80 (TD80) is a mid-water column tidal energy device being developed by ORPC. Initial testing will utilize a previously installed Bottom Support Frame (BS...

Scott, M. Ocean Renewable Power Company

Oct 19, 2022
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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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Centipod WEC, Advanced Controls, MPC Controller MATLAB Code

This archive contains the MATLAB code for the model predictive control (MPC) controller developed in this project. The archive containing the WaveDyn models used for analysis of the Centipod with the MPC controller is linked in this submission.

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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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
6 Resources
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NWEI Azura December 2016 Data

Data files for the NWEI Azura grid-connected deployment at the 30-meter berth of the US Navys Wave Energy Test Site (WETS 30m Site) at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) on the windward (northeast) coast of the island of Oahu, HI. See general documentation describing spe...

Lettenmaier, T. Northwest Energy Innovations

Dec 29, 2016
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Wave Energy Prize 1/50th Testing IOwec Point Absorber

This submission of data includes all the 1/50th scale testing data completed on the Wave Energy Prize for the Iowec 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 18, 2015
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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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M3 Wave DMP/APEX WEC Wave Tank Testing Final Raw Dataset

Complete dataset from wave tank testing for the Delos-Reyes Morrow Pressure Device (DMP), commercialized by M3 Wave LLC as "APEX". Subdirectories include Readme files where appropriate to aid in navigation.

Morrow, M. et al M3 Wave

Sep 01, 2017
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NWEI AZURA Data for March 2018 Measured by MOIS (NREL)