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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.

The Modular RivGen LCOE Content Model contains estimates of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for three array configurations operating in a theoretical river environment. The LCOE is distinguished by the CapEx, OpEx, and annual energy production and capture for each river environment.

The Detailed System Design Package for the Triton-C WEC, including a report and CAD drawings pertaining to the overall preliminary design, system arrangement, surface float hull, and surface float arrangement. D6 presents an overview of the final detailed design package for the T...

This is the Fabrication Plan for the Triton-C WEC based on the Detailed System Design Package (DDP), including a report and visuals pertaining to the overall detailed design of the reaction ring, surface float hull, power take off and surface float arrangement. Oscilla Power Inc,...

This is the Installation, Operations and Maintenance (IO&M) Plan for the Triton-C WEC based on the Detailed System Design Package (DDP), including a report and visuals pertaining to the overall detailed design of the reaction ring, surface float hull, power take off and surface fl...

Final Technical Report describing project parameters, organization, task activities, accomplishments, and conclusions.

The Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a qualitative reliability technique for systematically analyzing each possible failure mode within a hardware system, and identifying the resulting effect on that system, the mission, and the personnel. This submission includes an u...

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 torque, Genera...

Annual Energy Production, Capital Cost, Availability, PWR, Critical Dimensions and Weights (e.g. center of gravity and center of buoyancy, capture length), Noise Levels, All Grid Requirements (e.g. tolerance to variation in frequency output, flicker, etc.)

This paper presents the modeling methodology and performance evaluation of the resonance-enhanced dual-buoy WEC (Wave Energy Converter) by HEM (hydrodynamic & electro-magnetic) fully-coupled-dynamics time-domain-simulation program. The numerical results are systematically compared...

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...

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...

To assess CalWave's submerged Wave Carpet Technology for system performance advancement, CalWave seeks to test advanced controls methodologies on a simplified wave carpet model, which potentially can be used in further research to leverage the design to a full wave carpet assessme...

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...

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. ...

The development of this dataset was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and Water Power Technologies Office to improve our understanding of the U.S. wave energy resource and to provide critical information for wave energy project ...

Revised IO&M Plan for CalWave's open water demonstration at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for the open water demonstration to be conducted in collaboration with University of California, San Diego (UCSD) near the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) pier, in a water dept...

The SeaRAY is a deployable power system for maritime sensors, monitoring equipment, communications, unmanned underwater vehicles, and other similar payloads. This project is to design, deliver, and test a prototype low-power WEC that lowers the total cost of ownership and provides...

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...

A procedure was described for performing a fatigue analysis of composite foils for an MHK generator. The steps included generating load data, S-N (Stress versus Number of cycles to failure) diagrams through fatigue testing, cycle counts, damage versus load, and cumulative damage. ...

This submission includes System Content Models with data following manufacture for the Verdant Power TriFrame, Gen5 Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) Turbines, and Balance of Plant (BOP). The TriFrame installs 3 Gen5 KHPS Turbines. The BOP system controls the turbines and interconn...

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...

This submission includes two peer-reviewed papers from researchers at North Carolina State University presenting the modeling and lab-scale experimentation of the dynamics and control of a tethered tidal ocean kite. Below are the abstracts of each file included in the submission. ...

This report describes the testing of a model scale wave energy converter. This device, which uses two ``flaps'' that pivot about a central platform when excited by waves, has a natural frequency within the range of the waves by which it is excited. The primary goal of this test wa...

Seawater aging response was investigated in marine-grade glass/epoxy, glass/vinyl ester, carbon/epoxy and carbon/vinyl ester composites with respect to water uptake, interlaminar shear strength, flexural strength, tensile strength, and tensile fracture surface observations. The re...