TEAMER: Sandia and CalWave Torque Spring Assessment

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Power-take-off (PTO) systems for wave energy converters (WEC) require restoring forces for efficient hydrodynamic as well as mechanical to electric power transfer. Implementation of an effective spring mechanism that can provide a restoring torque on e.g. a rotational, winch type PTO shaft is challenging. SNL in collaboration with CalWave, will use numerical finite element simulations to study application of mechanical torsion springs as a highly efficient restoring force element for CalWave's rotational PTO. Material studies will include common steel as a baseline and potentially advanced materials such as fiber composite materials with different cross-sectional profiles.

Test report including description and results of FEA (finite element analysis) models. Excel sheet summarizes which scripts were used for which tables and figures in the report. Part of TEAMER request for technical support (RFTS 1) award to CalWave and Sandia National Lab (SNL).

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CalWave Power Technologies Inc.. (2022). TEAMER: Sandia and CalWave Torque Spring Assessment [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1974164.
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Boerner, Thomas, Gunawan, Budi, and Kojimoto, Nigel. TEAMER: Sandia and CalWave Torque Spring Assessment. United States: N.p., 01 Apr, 2022. Web. doi: 10.15473/1974164.
Boerner, Thomas, Gunawan, Budi, & Kojimoto, Nigel. TEAMER: Sandia and CalWave Torque Spring Assessment. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1974164
Boerner, Thomas, Gunawan, Budi, and Kojimoto, Nigel. 2022. "TEAMER: Sandia and CalWave Torque Spring Assessment". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1974164. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/476.
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Test report including description and results of FEA (finite element analysis) models. Excel sheet summarizes which scripts were used for which tables and figures in the report. Part of TEAMER request for technical support (RFTS 1) award to CalWave and Sandia National Lab (SNL).}, doi = {10.15473/1974164}, url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/476}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2022}, month = {04}}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1974164

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Data from Apr 1, 2022

Last updated Dec 17, 2024

Submitted Mar 15, 2023

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CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

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Thomas Boerner

510.717.6254

Authors

Thomas Boerner

CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Budi Gunawan

Sandia National Laboratories

Nigel Kojimoto

CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

DOE Project Details

Project Name Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research

Project Lead Lauren Ruedy

Project Number EE0008895

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