Reference Model 5 Full Scale Geometry (RM5: Oscillating Surge Flap)

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Contains the Reference Model 5 (RM5) full scale geometry files of the Oscillating Surge Flap, 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 generated upon completion of the project on September 30, 2014.

The Reference Model Project (RMP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was a partnered effort to develop open-source MHK point designs as reference models (RMs) to benchmark MHK technology performance and costs, and an open-source methodology for design and analysis of MHK technologies, including models for estimating their capital costs, operational costs, and levelized costs of energy. The point designs also served as open-source test articles for university researchers and commercial technology developers. The RMP project team, led by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), included a partnership between DOE, three national laboratories, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University, and Re Vision Consulting.

Reference Model 5 (RM5) is a type of floating, oscillating surge wave energy converter (OSWEC) that utilizes the surge motion of waves to generate electrical power. The reference wave energy resource for RM5 was measurement data from a National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoy near Eureka, in Humboldt County, California. The flap was designed to rotate against the supporting frame to convert wave energy into electrical power from the relative rotational motion induced by incoming waves. The RM5 design is rated at 360 kilowatts (kW), uses a flap of 25 m in width and 19 m in height (16 m in draft), and the distance from the top of the water surface piercing flap to the mean water surface (freeboard) is 1.5 m. The flap is connected to a shaft with a 3-m diameter that rotates against the supporting frame. The supporting frame is assumed to have an outer diameter of 2 m, and the total length of the device structure is 45 m. The RM5 OSWEC was designed for deep-water deployment, at depths between 50 m and 100 m, and was tension-moored to the seabed.

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Sandia National Laboratories. (2014). Reference Model 5 Full Scale Geometry (RM5: Oscillating Surge Flap) [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819897.
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Neary, Vince, Yu, Yi-Hsiang, Jenne, Scott, and Thresher, Bob. Reference Model 5 Full Scale Geometry (RM5: Oscillating Surge Flap). United States: N.p., 30 Sep, 2014. Web. doi: 10.15473/1819897.
Neary, Vince, Yu, Yi-Hsiang, Jenne, Scott, & Thresher, Bob. Reference Model 5 Full Scale Geometry (RM5: Oscillating Surge Flap). United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819897
Neary, Vince, Yu, Yi-Hsiang, Jenne, Scott, and Thresher, Bob. 2014. "Reference Model 5 Full Scale Geometry (RM5: Oscillating Surge Flap)". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819897. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/367.
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The Reference Model Project (RMP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was a partnered effort to develop open-source MHK point designs as reference models (RMs) to benchmark MHK technology performance and costs, and an open-source methodology for design and analysis of MHK technologies, including models for estimating their capital costs, operational costs, and levelized costs of energy. The point designs also served as open-source test articles for university researchers and commercial technology developers. The RMP project team, led by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), included a partnership between DOE, three national laboratories, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University, and Re Vision Consulting.

Reference Model 5 (RM5) is a type of floating, oscillating surge wave energy converter (OSWEC) that utilizes the surge motion of waves to generate electrical power. The reference wave energy resource for RM5 was measurement data from a National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) buoy near Eureka, in Humboldt County, California. The flap was designed to rotate against the supporting frame to convert wave energy into electrical power from the relative rotational motion induced by incoming waves. The RM5 design is rated at 360 kilowatts (kW), uses a flap of 25 m in width and 19 m in height (16 m in draft), and the distance from the top of the water surface piercing flap to the mean water surface (freeboard) is 1.5 m. The flap is connected to a shaft with a 3-m diameter that rotates against the supporting frame. The supporting frame is assumed to have an outer diameter of 2 m, and the total length of the device structure is 45 m. The RM5 OSWEC was designed for deep-water deployment, at depths between 50 m and 100 m, and was tension-moored to the seabed.

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Data from Sep 30, 2014

Last updated Sep 16, 2021

Submitted Sep 10, 2021

Organization

Sandia National Laboratories

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Vince Neary

Authors

Vince Neary

Sandia National Laboratories

Yi-Hsiang Yu

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Scott Jenne

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Bob Thresher

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

DOE Project Details

Project Name Reference Model Project

Project Lead Jeff Rieks

Project Number FY13 AOP 1.2.5.1

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