Mooring

Cables and anchors that hold a device in place.

A device’s mooring system typically consists of the cables and anchors used to hold the device in place, either floating along the surface or submerged within the water column. The function and type of mooring system is typically determined by a number of factors, including cost, site characteristics, and expected load. There are many similarities in the materials used in and the structural design of mooring systems used in the oil and gas, floating offshore wind energy, and marine renewable energy industries. Mooring chains or synthetic ropes may be anchored to the seafloor using suction anchors, driven piles, or gravity foundations.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Mooring

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Mooring.

Total: 424

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Tidal and River Energy Converter Debris Impact Load and Cable Snag Risk Quantification Wilson, C. Report Current, Riverine, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Mooring, Structural
A comparison of coupled and de-coupled simulation procedures for the fatigue analysis of wave energy converter mooring lines Yang, S., Ringsberg, J., Johnson, E. Journal Article Wave Modeling Mooring
Station-keeping Simulation of a Non-moored WEC Rusch, C., Polagye, B., Joslin, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring, Performance
On Peak Mooring Loads and the Influence of Environmental Conditions for Marine Energy Converters Harnois, V., Thies, P., Johanning, L. Journal Article Wave Field Data Mooring
An assessment of using variable blade pitch for moored ocean current turbine flight control VanZwieten, J., Pyakurel, P., Ngo, T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Array Effects, Control, Mooring, Performance
Pelamis Mooring and Connections Quoceant Ltd Report Wave Mooring
Technology Description and Status – Self-drilled Pile System AWS Ocean Energy Report Wave Control, Materials, Mooring
Technology Description and Status – AWS III AWS Ocean Energy Report Wave Control, Materials, Mooring, Power Take Off
High Level Cost Metrics for WEC Machine Elements Quoceant Ltd Report Wave Modeling Mooring, Power Take Off
AWS Report on Parametric Cost Modelling AWS Ocean Energy Guidance Wave Modeling Materials, Mooring, Power Take Off
Technology Description and Status – Electric Eel AWS Ocean Energy Report Wave Control, Materials, Mooring
Abrasion process between a fibre mooring line and a corroded steel element during the transit and commissioning of a marine renewable energy device Herduin, M., Banfield, S., Weller, S. Journal Article Current, Wave Mooring
Numerical simulations of a horizontal axis water turbine designed for underwater mooring platforms Tian, W., Song, B., VanZwieten, J. Journal Article Current Modeling Mooring, Performance, Substructure
The influence of biofouling on power capture and the fatigue life of mooring lines and power cables used in wave energy converters Yang, S., Ringsberg, J., Johnson, E. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Mooring, Performance
Annual Report 2015 Carnegie Clean Energy Limited Report Wave, Point Absorber Field Data Grid Integration, Mooring, Power Take Off
Scale 1:10 Test of the OWC WEC LEANCON at Nissum Bredning Thomsen, J. Report Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
Synthetic mooring ropes for marine renewable energy applications Weller, S., Johanning, L., Davies, P. Journal Article Materials, Mooring
The PRAWLER, a vertical profiler powered by wave energy Osse, T., Meinig, C., Stalin, S Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Field Data Mooring, Power Take Off
A Novel Mooring Tether for Highly Dynamic Offshore Applications Parish, D. Thesis Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Mooring, Substructure
Applicability of offshore mooring and foundation technologies for marine renewable energy (MRE) device arrays Karimirad, M., Koushan, K., Weller, S. Conference Paper Current, Wave Mooring
Modelling mooring line non-linearities (material and geometric effects) for a wave energy converter using AQWA, SIMA and Orcaflex Bhinder, M., Karimirad, M., Weller, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Mooring
Expanding ISWEC Modelling with a Lumped-Mass Mooring Line Model Vissio, G., Passione, B., Hall, M. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
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, Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling Acoustics, Mooring
Surrogate Based Design of a Mooring System for a Self-reacting Point Absorber Ortiz, J., Bailey, H., Buckham, B. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Survivability of Wave Energy Converter and Mooring Coupled System using CFD Ransley, E. Thesis Wave, Point Absorber Modeling, Scale Device Mooring
Moorings and Connection Systems Cost Metrics Quoceant Ltd Report Wave, Attenuator Mooring
Validation of a lumped-mass mooring line model with DeepCwind semisubmersible model test data Hall, A., Goupee, A. Journal Article Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Comparison of Experimental Data of a Moored Multibody Wave Energy Device With a Hybrid CFD and BIEM Numerical Analysis Framework Nematbakhsh, A., Michaelides, C., Gao, Z. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Mooring
SS Marine Renewable Energy – Ocean Current Turbine Mooring Considerations VanZwieten, J., Baxley, W., Meyer, I. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Mooring
Numerical model validation for mooring systems: Method and application for wave energy converters Harnois, V., Weller, S., Johanning, L. Journal Article Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring
Snatch loading of a single taut moored floating wave energy converter due to focussed wave groups Hann, M., Greaves, D., Raby, A. Journal Article Wave Lab Data, Modeling Mooring
A Design Outline for Floating Point Absorber Wave Energy Converters Faizal, M., Ahmad, M., Lee, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Structural
Assessment of Current State of Mooring Design in the Danish Wave Energy Sector Thomsen, J., Ferri, F., Kofoed, J. Conference Paper Wave Mooring, Structural
An up-to-date technologies review and evaluation of wave energy converters Titah-Benbouzid, H. , Benbouzid, M. Journal Article Wave Mooring
Reference Model 5: Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Yu, Y., Jenne, D., Thresher, R. Report Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Lab Data, Modeling Mooring, Performance, Structural
Anchor selection study for ocean current turbines VanZwieten, J., Siebert, M., von Ellenrieder, K. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring
Performance improvements of mooring systems for wave energy converters Casaubieilh, P., Thiebaut, F., Bosma, B. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Scale Device Mooring
Systematic Design of A Heaving Buoy Wave Energy Device Shi, H., Wang, D., Song, J. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Mooring, Performance, Structural
A review of synthetic fiber moorings for marine energy applications Davies, P., Johanning, L., Weller S. Conference Paper Current, Wave, OTEC Materials, Mooring
Influence of material selection on the structural behavior of a wave energy converter Malça, C., Beirão, P., Felismina, R. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Mooring
Mooring Design for the Floating Oscillating Water Column Reference Model Brefort, D., Bull, D. Report Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
A novel mooring tether for peak load mitigation: Initial performance and service simulation testing Thies, P., Johanning, L., McEvoy, P. Journal Article Current, Wave Materials, Mooring, Performance, Structural
Extrapolation of extreme response for different mooring line systems of floating wave energy converters Ambühl, S., Sterndorff, M., Sørensen, J. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Mooring
Preliminary Verification and Validation of WEC-Sim, an Open-Source Wave Energy Converter Design Tool Ruehl, K., Michelen, C., Kanner, S. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Basin Testing of Wave Energy Converters in Trondheim: Investigation of Mooring Loads and Implications for Wider Research Krivtsov, V., Linfoot, B. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Array Effects, Mooring
Methodology for Design and Economic Analysis of Marine Energy Conversion (MEC) Technologies Neary, V., Previsic, M., Jepsen, R. Report Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Lab Data, Full Scale, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance
Comparison and Sensitivity Investigations of a CALM and SALM Type Mooring System for Wave Energy Converters Pecher, A., Foglia, A., Kofoed, J. Journal Article Wave, Overtopping Modeling Mooring
Preliminary design of the OWEL wave energy converter pre-commercial demonstrator Leybourne, M., Batten, W. , Bahaj, A. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Control, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Development Update A Presentation to The World Bank O'Rourke, E. Presentation OTEC Mooring
Numerical Analysis and Scaled High Resolution Tank Testing of a Novel Wave Energy Converter Rhinefrank, K., Schacher, A., Prudell, J. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
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