National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Affiliated Marine Energy Engineering Documents

Total results: 236
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Survey and Characterization: Tidal In Stream Energy Conversion (TISEC) Devices Bedard, R., Previsic, M., Siddiqui, O. Report Current, Tidal
NORTH AMERICAN OCEAN ENERGY STATUS – MARCH 2007 Bedard, R., Previsic, M., Hagerman, G. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave Field Data, Modeling
Status of Wave and Tidal Power Technologies for the United States Musial, W. Report Current, Tidal, Wave
Ocean Energy Technology Review Burman, K., Walker, A. Report Current, Ocean Current, Tidal, Wave, OTEC
Inflow Measurement in a Tidal Strait for Deploying Tidal Current Turbines: Lessons, Opportunities and Challenges Li, Y., Colby, J., Kelley, N. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data
Three-dimensional effects and arm effects on modeling a vertical axis tidal current turbine Li, Y., Calisal, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling
JEDI Marine and Hydrokinetic Model: User Reference Guide Goldberg, M., Previsic, M. Report Current, Wave
Structural Design of a Horizontal-Axis Tidal Current Turbine Composite Blade Bir, G., Lawson, M., Li, Y. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Development and Verification of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of a Horizontal-Axis Tidal Current Turbine Lawson, M., Li, Y., Sale, D. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
A RANS Simulation of the Heave Response of a Two-Body Floating Point Wave Absorber Yu, Y., Li, Y. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Wake Propagation and Power Production in an Array of Tidal-Current Turbines [Conference Paper] Churchfield, M., Li, Y., Moriarty, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Modeling global ocean thermal energy resources Nagurny, J., Martel, L., Jansen, E. Conference Paper OTEC Modeling
Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Power-Take-Off Design for Optimal Performance and Low Impact on Cost-of-Energy Beam, M., Kline, B., Elbing, B. Conference Paper Current, Wave Power Take Off
A synthesis of numerical methods for modeling wave energy converter-point absorbers Li, Y., Yu, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling
Assessment and Mapping of the Riverine Hydrokinetic Resource in the Continental United States Jacobson, P., Ravens, T., Cunningham, K. Report Current, Riverine Modeling
Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology (MHK) Instrumentation, Measurement, and Computer Modeling Workshop Musial, W., Lawson, M., Rooney, S. Report Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling
A large-eddy simulation study of wake propagation and power production in an array of tidal-current turbines Churchfield, M., Li, Y., Moriarty, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes simulation of the heave performance of a two-body floating-point absorber wave energy system Yu, Y., Li, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
Tidal turbulence spectra from a compliant mooring Thomson, J., Kilcher, L., Richmond, M. Conference Paper Mooring
Structural Optimization of Composite Blades for Wind and Hydrokinetic Turbines Sale, D., Aliseda, A., Motley, M. Conference Paper Modeling Materials, Structural
Wave Energy Converter Simulation: Development, Code Competition, and Validation Efforts LaBonte, A. , White, B., Lawson, M. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Performance
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
Development and demonstration of the WEC-Sim wave energy converter simulation tool Yu, Y., Lawson, M., Ruehl, K. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Methodology for design and economic analysis of marine energy conversion (MEC) technologies Neary, V., Lawson, M., Previsic, M. Conference Paper Current, Wave
Design and Analysis for a Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Yu, Y., Li, Y., Hallett, K. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Water Column Structural
Implementing nonlinear buoyancy and excitation forces in the WEC-Sim wave energy converter modeling tool Lawson, M., Yu, Y., Nelessen, A. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
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
Multi-scale coherent turbulence at tidal energy sites Thomson, J., Kilcher, L., Harding, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Hydrodynamics
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
Turbulence measurements from moving platforms Thomson, J., Talbert, J., de Klerk, A. Conference Paper Hydrodynamics
Experimental Wave Tank Test for Reference Model 3 Floating Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter Project Yu, Y., Lawson, M., Li, Y. Report Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Full Scale, Scale Device Performance
Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis of Marine and Hydrokinetic Reference Models Jenne, D., Yu, Y., Neary, V. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling
Improving and validating the WEC-Sim wave energy converter modeling code Lawson, M., Yu, Y., Ruehl, K. Conference Paper Wave Modeling
Preliminary Wave Energy Converters Extreme Load Analysis Yu, Y., van Rij, J., Coe, R. Conference Paper Wave Modeling
Experimental evaluation of motion compensated ADV measurements for in-stream hydrokinetic applications VanZwieten, J., Egeland, M., von Ellenrieder, K. Conference Paper Hydrodynamics
COER Hydrodynamic Modeling Competition: Modeling the Dynamic Response of a Floating Body Using the WEC-Sim and Fast Simulation Tools Lawson, M., Garzon, B., Wendt, F. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling
Review of Marine Hydrokinetic Power Generation and Power Plant Muljadi, E., Yu, Y. Journal Article Current, Wave
Recent Additions in the Modeling Capabilities for the WEC-Sim-v1.1 Wave Energy Converter Design Tool Tom, N., Lawson, M., Yu, Y. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
Structured Innovation of High-Performance Wave Energy Converter Technology Weber, J., Laird, D. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Performance
WEC3: Wave Energy Converter Code Comparison Project Combourieu, A., Lawson, M., Babarit, A. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Performance
Emulation of a Hydrokinetic Turbine to Assess Control and Grid Integration Cavagnaro, R., Polagye, B., Thomson, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling Grid Integration, Performance
Measuring Turbulence from Moored Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters: A Manual to Quantifying Inflow at Tidal Energy Sites Kilcher, L., Thomson, J., Talbert, J. Report Current, Tidal Hydrodynamics
Spectral modeling of an oscillating surge wave energy converter with control surfaces Tom, N., Lawson, M., Yu, Y. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Modeling Control, Power Take Off
WDRT: A toolbox for design-response analysis of wave energy converters Coe, R., Michelen, C., Eckert-Gallup, A. Conference Paper Wave Modeling
Update on WEC-Sim Validation Testing and Code Development Ruehl, K., Michelen, C., Yu, Y. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling
Tool for distributed pressure time-histories of marine structures: Verification and Case Study with a WEC Michelen, C., Coe, R., Wang, Q. Conference Paper Point Absorber Structural
Power Generation for River and Tidal Generators Muljadi, E., Wright, A., Gevorgian, V. Report Current, Riverine, Tidal
Balancing Power Absorption and Fatigue Loads in Irregular Waves for an Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter Tom, N., Yu, Y., Wright, A. Conference Paper Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Control
Balancing Power Absorption and Structural Loading for an Asymmetric Heave Wave-Energy Converter in Regular Waves Tom, N., Madhi, F., Yeung, R. Conference Paper Wave Control
WEC-Sim Phase 1 Validation Testing-Numerical Modeling of Experiments Ruehl, K., Michelen, C., Bosma, B. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device