TY - JOUR
TI - Preliminary design of the OWEL wave energy converter pre-commercial demonstrator
AU - Leybourne, M
AU - Batten, W
AU - Bahaj, A
AU - Minns, N
AU - O'Nians, J
T2 - Renewable Energy
AB - The consortium responsible for the next stage of development of the OWEL wave energy converter will construct and test a large scale, pre-commercial demonstrator. It is expected that this will be installed at Wave Hub during 2013 and grid connected for a testing period lasting around 12 months. This paper reports on the preliminary design work being undertaken in the development of the marine demonstration device. This concentrates primarily on producing a fully costed design by detailing the hydraulic design and aspects of stability as well as providing insight into various design features such as the power take-off, naval architecture, moorings and control. The design is being largely informed by the results of a 15 month research project funded by the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) in which the performance was determined and a detailed techno-economic model for a large scale OWEL device was generated.
DA - 2014/01//
PY - 2014
PB - Elsevier
VL - 61
SP - 51
EP - 56
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148112004892
DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.019
LA - English
KW - Wave
KW - Oscillating Water Column
KW - Modeling
KW - Control
KW - Mooring
KW - Performance
KW - Power Take Off
ER -