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- Journal Article:
McIlvenny et al.
… Marine renewable energy site and resource characterisation, in particular tidal stream energy, require detailed flow … spatial extent synchronously, which could be used to analyse flow around structures or for site characterisation; however, uncertainty and method application to tidal energy sites is …
- Journal Article:
Negri and Malavasi
… to draft a method for detecting the optimal water depth to install the EDS in a real sea site. … 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.110421 …
- Conference Paper: Mouton et al.
Implementing realistic environmental loads on the fatigue testing of a prototype tidal turbine blade
… applications generally involves statistical methods that make use of a large database of site measurement data. Such classical methodologies result in load spectra which are statistical … - Conference Paper:
Jenne et al.
… consisted of five stages that included high-level concept proposals, numerical modelling, site-specific design, subsystem prototyping, and a final ocean demonstration. Due to the … prototypes in the ocean at the same time, NREL was tasked with designing and building a test article to de-risk the final event. The test article design needed to represent the technologies expected in the final stage of the …
- Report:
Thake
… Seaflow has been a project to develop and test a commercially-sized marine current turbine. The turbine was installed in the summer of 2003 … near Lynmouth on the North Devon coast of England. The objectives of the project were to test the feasibility of constructing and operating such a machine, to ascertain whether the … a specialist gearbox manufacturer. The first stage of the project was to identify a site for the turbine and obtain all the necessary permissions to install it, part of which …
- Conference Paper:
Svensson et al.
… and measurement system inside the Low Voltage Marine Substation at the Lysekil Research site located close to Lysekil on the Swedish west coast. The Lysekil project is run by the …
- Journal Article:
Mackay and Ridge
… to produce than steel equivalents and has additional benefits in terms of ease of transport to site and maintenance. However, there are a number of considerations relating to the performance … from its tether (creating a shipping hazard and loss of device). This paper describes a novel test method developed to investigate the performance of a range of impermeable elastomer … five materials assessed, a clear ranking of abrasive resistance in the elastomers was found on test with EPDM and Neoprene being clearly better than all other materials. Natural rubber …
- Journal Article:
Thiébaut et al.
… and an approximate turbulent kinetic energy budget at an estuarine tidal-stream energy site. The kinetic power density is 7 times higher during ebb tide than flood tide. Results reveal … of the variances associated with the vertical flow direction thus offering the opportunity to test the validity of the Reynolds stresses derived from the Dewey and Stringer's formulations. …
- Conference Paper:
Park et al.
… of marine energy. In particular, southwestern sea of Korea is the optimal candidate site for the development of tidal current energy. In addition, Uldolmok and Jang-Juk straits have … energy resources. This paper aims to introduce the plan for the establishment of 4.5MW sea test bed titled K-TEC for tidal current energy converters in Jind located at southwestern sea of …
- Journal Article:
Glennon et al.
… on the road to commercialisation. Despite this, the number of tidal energy blades undergoing test programmes remains small. Two different rotor diameters have been developed for the … was tested for their responses in natural frequency, static loading and fatigue loading under test standards IEC 62600-3:2020 and DNVGL-ST-0164. Testing saw the survival of a blade in fatigue …
- Conference Paper:
Walsh et al.
… motion of the water column. The WASP was deployed from March to July 2019 at the Smart Bay test facility in Galway Bay, Ireland. The ¼ Scale test site was previously characterised by B Cahill UCC 2011 [3] using data captured by the Marine …
- Conference Paper:
Khalid et al.
… of the improved design through physical tests conducted at the Dynamic Marine Component test facility. Results indicate that the initial internal pressure is the primary driver of the … work includes the field demonstration of a scaled prototype at the U.S. Navy Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaii. … 8963 …
- Conference Paper:
Alessandri
… of wave energy conversion devices. The DHIL testing methodology combines two HIL-equipped test rigs allowing to simultaneously test components mounted on each rig and connected to the same simulation loop. The platform was therefore developed combining a HIL test rig for drivetrains with a HIL test rig for structural components. The DHIL testing platform …
- Thesis:
Murray
… tidal turbine blades with bend-twist (BT) coupled layups allow the blade to selfadapt to local site conditions by passively twisting to reduce the angle of incoming flow (feathering). Passive … the fluid forces on both the blades and support structure, as well as shed power at extreme site conditions. Decreased hydrodynamic thrust and power at extreme conditions means that the …
- Journal Article:
Langer et al.
Indonesia strives for a renewable energy share of 23% by 2025. One option to contribute to this goal is Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). Despite a global theoretical potential of up to 30 TW, its economically deployable share remains unknown. This paper proposes a novel methodology, which enables to determine OTEC’s economic potential for any regional scope considering…
- Conference Paper:
González-Montijo et al.
… Energy Laboratory. In future work, multiple blades will be deployed at the Living Bridge site at the University of New Hampshire and will be compared to rigid aluminum blades of the same …
- Journal Article:
Want et al.
A novel system was developed to deploy settlement panels to monitor biofouling growth in situ and evaluate antifouling coatings at depths representative of operational conditions of full-scale marine renewable energy devices. Biofouling loading, species diversity, and succession were assessed at depths ranging from 25-40 m at four tests sites in Orkney (UK) featuring extreme wave and…
- Conference Paper:
Benites-Munoz et al.
… the cable design life is also characterised by its ability to withstand extreme conditions on-site. This paper addresses the design, analysis and specification of a dynamic power cable that …
- Presentation:
Bichanich et al.
… Energy Laboratory, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to design, fabricate and test an open-source 2.5-m diameter, fully instrumented reference hydrokinetic turbine. The size … to be independent of Reynolds number. The device will be deployed at the UNH Tidal Energy Test Site at Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, NH, where its power performance and load-response …
- Guidance:
IEC
… Converters up to the pre-prototype scale (Stages 1 to 3). It includes the hydraulic laboratory test programs, where environmental conditions are controlled so they can be scheduled, and the … are adjusted and flexible to accommodate these conditions. This document describes the minimum test programs that form the basis of a structured technology development schedule. For each … design statement, technical drawings, selection of scale and facility based on physical laws, site data and other inputs; b: Device representation and characterization, including the physical …
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