Reference Model 6 Cost Breakdown (RM6: Oscillating Water Column)

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Contains the Reference Model 6 (RM6) spreadsheets with the cost breakdown structure (CBS) for the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) calculations for a single RM6 device and multiple unit arrays. These spreadsheets are contained within an XLSX file and a spreadsheet editor such as Microsoft Excel is needed to open the file. 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 6 (RM6) is a Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB), which is a type of oscillating water column wave energy converter. First proposed by Masuda, the BBDB design is a floating Oscillating Water Column (OWC) device that consists of an air chamber, an L-shaped duct, bow and stern buoyancy modules, and a power take-off (PTO) composed of a Wells air turbine and a generator. This L- shaped device opens to the ocean downstream from the wave propagation direction. Power is produced by the motion of the wave, which causes the ambient pressure in the air chamber to vary thereby forcing air to flow through the Wells turbine. The reference wave energy resource for RM6 was developed from site information collected near Eureka, in Humboldt County, California.

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Sandia National Laboratories. (2014). Reference Model 6 Cost Breakdown (RM6: Oscillating Water Column) [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819891.
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Neary, Vincent, Previsic, Mirko, Jenne, Scott, and Hallett, Kathleen. Reference Model 6 Cost Breakdown (RM6: Oscillating Water Column). United States: N.p., 30 Sep, 2014. Web. doi: 10.15473/1819891.
Neary, Vincent, Previsic, Mirko, Jenne, Scott, & Hallett, Kathleen. Reference Model 6 Cost Breakdown (RM6: Oscillating Water Column). United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819891
Neary, Vincent, Previsic, Mirko, Jenne, Scott, and Hallett, Kathleen. 2014. "Reference Model 6 Cost Breakdown (RM6: Oscillating Water Column)". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819891. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/373.
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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 6 (RM6) is a Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB), which is a type of oscillating water column wave energy converter. First proposed by Masuda, the BBDB design is a floating Oscillating Water Column (OWC) device that consists of an air chamber, an L-shaped duct, bow and stern buoyancy modules, and a power take-off (PTO) composed of a Wells air turbine and a generator. This L- shaped device opens to the ocean downstream from the wave propagation direction. Power is produced by the motion of the wave, which causes the ambient pressure in the air chamber to vary thereby forcing air to flow through the Wells turbine. The reference wave energy resource for RM6 was developed from site information collected near Eureka, in Humboldt County, California.
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1819891

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Data from Sep 30, 2014

Last updated Sep 16, 2021

Submitted Sep 8, 2021

Organization

Sandia National Laboratories

Contact

Vincent Neary

Authors

Vincent Neary

Sandia National Laboratories

Mirko Previsic

Revision Consulting

Scott Jenne

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Kathleen Hallett

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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