Test Center

Data collected at an established test center.

Test centers are typically commercial, academic, or government facilities or offshore berths that provide a range of testing capabilities and services to the marine renewable energy community. Well-known test centers around the world include the European Marine Energy Centre, Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy, and PacWave.

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Affiliated Marine Energy Engineering Documents

Total results: 66
Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Application
Assessment of Dependency of Unsteady Onset Flow and Resultant Tidal Turbine Fatigue Loads on Measurement Position at a Tidal Site Mullings, H., Stallard, T. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Field Data, Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics
Parametric study and optimization of a two-body wave energy converter Bao, X., Xiao, W., Li, S. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Materials, Mooring, Performance, Structural, Substructure
Design and Analysis of a Mooring System for a Wave Energy Converter Depalo, F., Wang, S., Xu, S. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center Materials, Mooring, Performance, Structural
Preliminary parametric study of a tidal energy device using an open-source CFD tool Pilechi, A. , Ferguson, S. , Ghodoosipour, B. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Modeling, Test Center Control, Materials, Performance, Structural
Sea-trial verification of a novel system for monitoring biofouling and testing anti-fouling coatings in highly energetic environments targeted by the marine renewable energy industry Want, A., Bell, M., Harris, R. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Wave Field Data, Test Center Materials
Marinet2 Deliverable 2.7: Final guidelines for test facilities Corlay, Y., Vejayan, N., Le Boulluec, M. Guidance Current, Tidal, Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Test Center Performance
Optimization of Power Performance of a Wave Energy Converter Valderrama, L., Harrison, C., Tubuntoeng, P. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Numerical wave modeling for operational and survival analyses of wave energy converters at the US Navy Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaii Li, N., Cheung, K., Cross, P. Journal Article Wave Field Data, Modeling, Test Center
Concept Design of a Deployable Marine Energy Testing System Gish, A., O'Neil, M. Journal Article Wave Test Center
Wave Energy Converter Deployments at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site: 2015‐2019 Cross, P., Rajagopalan, K. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Test Center Mooring
Beyond VoF: alternative OpenFOAM solvers for numerical wave tanks Schmitt, P., Windt, C., Davidson, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics, Performance
PacWave Wave Resource Assessment Dunkle, G., Robertson, B., García-Medina, G. Report Wave Modeling, Test Center
Mooring forces in a floating point-absorbing WEC system – a comparison between full-scale measurements and numerical simulations Ringsberg, J., Yang, S., Lang, X. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center, Full Scale Mooring, Performance
Review on Tidal Energy Technologies and Research Subjects Jo, C., Hwang, S. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Modeling, Test Center Array Effects, Performance, Power Take Off
Comparative assessment of control strategies for the biradial turbine in the Mutriku OWC plant Fay, F. , Henriques, J., Kelly, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Test Center Control, Performance, Power Take Off
Validation of a CFD-based numerical wave tank model for the power production assessment of the wavestar ocean wave energy converter Windt, C., Davidson, J., Ransley, E. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Interaction of Ocean Wave Energy Converters Vlijmen, B., Goudswaard, R., Boere, R. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Dynamics and control of air turbines in oscillating-water-column wave energy converters: Analyses and case study Henriques, J., Portillo, J., Sheng, W. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Maritime Markets at PacWave Workshop Summary Report Robertson, B. Report Wave Test Center
Offshore deployments of wave energy converters by Uppsala University, Sweden Chatzigiannakou, M. , Ulvgård, L., Temiz, I. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Test Center
A high-resolution hindcast of sea level and 3D currents for marine renewable energy applications: A case study in the Bay of Biscay Chiri, H., Cid, A., Abascal, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling, Test Center
Lessons Learned – Marine Operations in The Minas Passage Clarkson, J. Report Current, Tidal Test Center Mooring
Galway Bay – The 1/4 scale wave energy test site? A detailed wave energy resource assessment and investigation of scaling factors Atan, R., Goggins, J., Nash, S. Journal Article Wave Modeling, Test Center
Characterisation of Tidal Flows at the European Marine Energy Centre in the Absence of Ocean Waves Sellar, B., Wakelam, G., Sutherland, D. Journal Article Current, Tidal Test Center
Survivability of wave energy converters using CFD Ransley, E., Greaves, D., Raby, A. Journal Article Wave Modeling, Test Center
Acoustic Characteristics of the Lifesaver Wave Energy Converter Polagye, B., Murphy, P., Cross, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Test Center Acoustics
Characterisation of current and turbulence in the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility Sutherland, D., Noble, D., Steynor, J. Journal Article Current Lab Data, Test Center Hydrodynamics
Design diagrams for wavelength discrepancy in tank testing with inconsistently scaled intermediate water depth Noble, D., Draycott, S., Davey, T. Journal Article Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center
Experimental and CFD analysis of the wake characteristics of tidal turbines Gebreslassie, M., Sanchez, S., Tabor, G. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics, Performance
Tidal Energy Site Characterisation at the Fall of Warness, EMEC, UK Sellar, B. Report Current Field Data, Test Center
Experimental validation of the distributed drag method for simulating large marine current turbine arrays using porous fences Coles, D., Blunden, L., Bahaj, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling, Test Center Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Study on energy conversion and storage system for a prototype buoys-array wave energy converter Liu, Z., Qu, N., Han, Z. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center Array Effects, Performance, Power Take Off
Wave Energy Task Force Holland, J., Cyr, J., Vo, D. Website Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling, Test Center Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental investigation of the near wake of a horizontal axis tidal current turbine Morandi, B. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling, Test Center Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Model tests of Sigma wave energy converter: The lessons learned Dragić, M., Hofman, M., Tomin, V. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Performance, Power Take Off
Design of full scale wave simulator for testing Power Take Off systems for wave energy converters Pedersen, H., Hansen, R., Hansen, A. Journal Article Wave Modeling, Test Center, Full Scale Performance, Power Take Off
Performance assessment of a vertical axis turbine in a marine current flume tank and CFD modelling Rolland, S., Thatcher, M., Ellis, R. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling, Test Center Performance
Performance assessment of wave measurements of wave buoys Liu, Q., Lewis, T., Zhang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Test Center, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Tidal energy “Round Robin” tests comparisons between towing tank and circulating tank results Gaurier, B., Germain, G., Facq, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics, Performance
Performance Comparison of Marine Renewable Energy Converter Mooring Lines Subjected to Real Sea and Accelerated Loads Rodriguez, A., Weller, S., Cañedo, J. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current, Riverine, Tidal, Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center, Scale Device Acoustics, Mooring
PIV investigation of 3-dimensional flow within an oscillating water column Ferguson, T., Macfarlane, G., Fleming, A. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics, Structural
Characterization of U.S. Wave Energy Converter (WEC) Test Sites: A Catalogue of Met-Ocean Data, 2nd Edition Dallman, A., Neary, V. Report Wave Field Data, Test Center
Habitat characterization of a tidal energy site using an ROV: overcoming difficulties in a harsh environment Greene, H. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Test Center
Experimental results on power absorption from a wave energy converter at the Lysekil wave energy research site Lejerskog, E., Boström, C., Hai, L. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Test Center Performance
Advancing the Wave Energy Industry von Jouanne, A., Brekken, T., Lettenmaier, T. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Wave Test Center
Verification within wave resource assessments. Part 2: Systematic trends in the fit of spectral values Edwards, E., Cradden, L., Ingram, D. Journal Article Wave Modeling, Test Center
Verification within wave resource assessments. Part 1: Statistical analysis Edwards, E., Cradden, L., Ingram, D. Journal Article Wave Modeling, Test Center
Characterization of U.S. Wave Energy Converter (WEC) Test Sites: A Catalogue of Met-Ocean Data Dallman, A., Neary, V. Report Wave Field Data, Test Center
ReDAPT MC7.2 Public Domain - First Year of Operation Report Sinclair, R. Report Current, Tidal Modeling, Test Center Grid Integration, Performance
Market Analysis Report for the Pacific Marine Energy Center South Energy Test Site Hassan, G. Report Wave Test Center
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