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Wave Tank Testing of 1-DoF Heaving Buoy for Controls Validation Purposes
This submission includes the wave tank testing data used to validate the controls optimization efforts of a heaving 1-DoF buoy.
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Jul 13, 2017
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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
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Wave Tank Testing Report for Controls Validation of a Heaving Point Absorber
The core objectives of this project is to improve the power capture of three different wave energy
conversion (WEC) devices by more than 50% using an advanced control system and validate the
attained improvements using wave tank and full scale testing. In parallel, we will bring a...
Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting
Aug 26, 2020
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RM3 Wave Tank Validation Model
An approximately 1/75th scale point absorber wave energy absorber was built to validate the testing systems of a 16k gallon single paddle wave tank. The model was build based on the RM3 design and incorporated a linear position sensor, a force transducer, and wetness detection sen...
Candon, C. and Fao, R. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 31, 2023
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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
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HERO WEC V1.0 WEC-Sim Model (July 2024)
**This submission supersedes submission MHKDR-483**
This submission file contains the files that are needed to simulate NREL's HERO WEC (hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter). This requires the user to have already installed WEC-Sim. In addition to the sta...
Panzarella, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 01, 2024
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HERO WEC V1 Upgrades SolidWorks Models (WEC, RO System, and Submersible Pump Housing)
The attached zip files include SolidWorks pack-and-go assemblies of NREL's HERO WEC (hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter), the reverse osmosis (RO) assembly, and the submersible pump assembly that is used to provide flow to the RO assembly in the electric ...
Jenne, S. and Panzarella, J. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 08, 2024
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Evaluation of a Wave Powered Water Pump Performance by Ocean Field Testing and WEC-Sim Modeling
This submission from AMEC (the Atlantic Marine Energy Center) includes data from an ocean field deployment of a wave powered water pump in March 2023. The wave pump is an upweller device, designed to enhance macroalgal aquaculture.
The wave pump device was deployed off the coast ...
Kimball, C. et al University of New Hampshire, Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC)
Mar 21, 2023
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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
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HERO WEC V1.0 SolidWorks Model
The attached zip file includes a SolidWorks pack-and-go assembly of NREL's HERO WEC (hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter) V1.0. This model does not include all aspects of the design (i.e. RO (reverse osmosis) system, electrical enclosure, hose, cable) it o...
Jenne, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Aug 12, 2022
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WEC Controls Optimization Final Report
The over-arching project objective is to fully develop and validate optimal controls frameworks that can subsequently be applied widely to different WEC devices and concepts. Optimal controls of WEC devices represent a fundamental building block for WEC designers that must be cons...
Previsic, M. and Karthikeyan, A. Re Vision Consulting
Aug 26, 2020
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HERO WEC V1.0 WEC-Sim Model
This zip file contains the files that are needed to simulate NREL's HERO WEC (hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter). This requires the user to have already installed WEC-Sim. In addition to the standard toolboxes that are required to run WEC-Sim the user wi...
Jenne, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Aug 12, 2022
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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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Reference Model 3 Cost Breakdown (RM3: Wave Point Absorber)
Contains the Reference Model 3 (RM3) spreadsheets with the cost breakdown structure (CBS) for the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) calculations for a single RM3 device and multiple unit arrays. These spreadsheets are contained within an XLSX file and a spreadsheet editor such as Mi...
Neary, V. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 30, 2014
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Reference Model 3 Full Scale Geometry (RM3: Wave Point Absorber)
Contains the Reference Model 3 (RM3) full scale geometry files of the Wave Point Absorber, developed by the Reference Model Project (RMP). These full scale geometry files are saved as SolidWorks assembly, IGS, and STEP files, and require a CAD program to view. This data was genera...
Neary, V. et al Sandia National Laboratories
Sep 30, 2014
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HERO WEC Bills of Materials: WEC, RO System, and Submersible Pump
This submission includes detailed Bills of Materials for the NREL-designed and built Hydraulic and Electric Reverse Osmosis Wave Energy Converter (HERO WEC), as well as the reverse osmosis assembly and submersible pump that are used in the HERO WEC.
The WEC file is specific to th...
Jenne, S. and Panzarella, J. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 01, 2024
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HERO WEC V1 Upgrade 2023 Laboratory Testing (raw data)
This submission is a complimentary submission to MHKDR #520 (linked further below in the attachments section), representing the raw, unprocessed, data that was captured during the 2023 Large Amplitude Motion Platform (LAMP) testing of NREL's Hydraulic and Electric Reverse Osmosis ...
Jenne, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 01, 2024
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HERO WEC V1.0 Electrical PTO Deployment Data and Analysis
This submission includes the processed and raw field electrical data from NREL's August 2022 HERO WEC (hydraulic and electric reverse osmosis wave energy converter) deployment at Jennette's Pier for the electrical PTO (power take-off).
Nakhai, A. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Aug 12, 2022
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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
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NREL MOIS Data for NWEI Azura May 2016
NREL Modular Ocean Instrumentation System (MOIS) data files for the Azura grid-connected deployment at the 30-meter berth of the US Navy's 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, ...
Nelson, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 07, 2016
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HERO WEC V1 Upgrade 2023 Laboratory Testing (processed data)
The following submission includes processed laboratory data from NREL's Hydraulic and Electric Reverse Osmosis Wave Energy Converter (HERO WEC), in the form of MATLAB workspaces. This dataset was created using NREL's Large Amplitude Motion Platform (LAMP) and collected between Aug...
Panzarella, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jan 01, 2024
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MOIS Installation on NWEI Azura Half Scale WEC WETS Testing Documentation
This submission includes documentation on the Modular Ocean Instrumentation System (MOIS) installation on the Azura 1/2 scale wave energy converter at the Marine Station Kaneohe Bay (MCBH). Data from the deployment will be uploaded over the course of the test. The instrumentatio...
Nelson, E. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
May 30, 2015
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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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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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HERO WEC V1.0 WEC-Sim Detailed Simulation Runs and Summary Data
Data sets from simulation runs include 144 wave cases that were run based on the WEC-Sim model (https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/483). The 144 wave cases represent waves with the following wave height and wave period ranges:
Significant Wave Height: 0.25 4.0m in 0.25m incre...
Jenne, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Aug 12, 2022
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