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- Conference Paper:
Barrett et al.
… are typically derived from the closest available wave data, frequently separated from the site on scales in the order of 1km. Therefore, variability of seaways from standard spectral … data. Concurrent wave data from two wavebuoys have been collected from the EMEC full scale test facility in Orkney, Scotland and the Galway Bay benign test site, Ireland along with single buoy data from the Wave Hub site off the north Cornwall …
- Event:
Online …… of infrastructure. It remains unclear if fishes that occupy Canada’s leading tidal energy test site will be negatively affected by turbine installations. Detection of effects on individuals …
- Presentation:
Blunk
… Design, construct, and test a full-scale 500kW HydroAir turbine and Power Take Off (HAT PTO). The HAT PTO will utilize … the energy source. Operational deployment is planned at the Navy’s grid-connected Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in late FY19 for system operations/validation. …
- Journal Article:
Sutherland et al.
… Tidal energy is a developing industry and requires high precision test facilities which replicate the full-scale flows as accurately as possible to develop new … the spatial and temporal variation must be well understood. FloWave is a state-of-the-art test facility with the ability to produce multi-directional waves and currents. This work … the flow metrics are generally realistic compared with those measured at the Fall of Warness site. This work improves the understanding of flow behaviour in the tank, facilitating higher …
- Journal Article:
Draycott et al.
… methodologies are applied to the European Marine Energy Centre's (EMEC) Billia Croo wave test site, giving complex and highly realistic site-specific directional inputs for simulation of wave … Facility are presented. The common motivations across measurement, characterisation, and test tank are discussed with conclusions drawn on the strengths, gaps and challenges associated …
- Conference Paper:
Yang et al.
… sea area, located 1 kilometre off the LiuQiu Island coast, Taiwan. Because of unfavourable site conditions, the mooring and power cable systems for the FKT had to be customarily designed …
- Journal Article:
Jeffcoate et al.
… testing of the SCHOTTEL tidal turbine has been conducted at Queen’s University Belfast’s tidal site at Strangford Lough, NI. The device was mounted on a floating barge. Testing was conducted … the maximum flow. The maximum system efficiency of the turbine in these flows reached 35%. The test campaign was very successful and further tests may be conducted at higher flow speeds in a …
- Journal Article:
Carrelhas et al.
… (WEC) equipped with a membrane-pump system is under development for installation at a test site off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. The system comprises several flexible-membrane … set, allowing efficient and safe operation for the wave climate at the Pembrokeshire test site. Part 1 of this paper concerns developing the design strategy of the control laws, the …
- Conference Paper:
KS4
… technology commercialization. These tasks will be performed through a green energy technology test platform as well as regional energy storage demonstration sites and test programs. Also in 2016, the Taiwan government launched a two‐year Photovoltaic Project and a … conversion system. A 20kW prototype has been tested in National Taiwan Ocean University test site in 2015. Research projects on current (Kuroshio) power system have been sponsored by …
- Conference Paper:
Johanning et al.
… This paper describes the test facilities developed within the Peninsular Research institution for Marine Renewable Energy … used to highlight the importance of these research activities, and a Dynamic Marine Component Test rig (DMaC) is introduced that allows four degree of freedom fatigue or destructive tests. …
- Journal Article:
Goggins and Finnegan
… of the device to maximise the average power extraction from its intended deployment site. Furthermore, a case study of the Atlantic marine energy test site, off the west coast of Ireland, is undertaken in order to demonstrate the methodology. Using …
- Book Chapter:
Gleizon et al.
… the potential of marine renewable energy resources on the European Atlantic Coast as well as test innovative measurement techniques and promote the development of test sites. The targeted wave energy resources were assessed via a 10-year hindcast, using … and resources that can be used for diminishing installation risks or optimising a site by selecting the most appropriate devices or array configurations. In addition to evaluating …
- Conference Paper:
Kelly et al.
… stages of scale-up. The high costs make gathering as much knowledge as possible from each test vital. The TRL 6 deployment of the Ocean Energy OE35 buoy, with the Siemens HydroAir Turbine at the US Navy Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Kāne‘ohe Bay, O’ahu, Hawai’i is the largest floating oscillating water columns …
- Guidance:
IEC
… and recommendations for the measurement of mechanical loads for such activities as site selection, measurand selection, data acquisition, calibration, data verification, … of marine energy converter rotor blades and for the interpretation and evaluation of achieved test results. This document focuses on aspects of testing related to an evaluation of the …
- Conference Paper:
Polagye et al.
… Lifesaver, a point-absorber wave energy converter, was deployed at the US Navy Wave Energy Test Site in Kaneohe, HI (USA) from March 2016 to April 2017. A combination of free-drifting and … observations that investigate temporal trends and identify sound originating from the test area. Initial free-drifting surveys suggested limited sound originating from the Lifesaver, …
- Event:
Cork, Ireland …… Co. Cork. Join us for five days of research sharing, idea exchange, workshops, technical and site visits in a dynamic and informal environment. Meet and collaborate with like-minded … renewable energy sector. Technical visits to the research centres leading the offshore energy test infrastructure of the country in Co. Cork and Co. Galway are organised. The main venue and …
- Conference Paper:
Engström et al.
… two months been tested in real ocean wave conditions. This first prototype was built mainly to test the overall concept in terms of survivability and energy extraction. The full scale … power absorption for different resistive loads. By European standards, the wave climate on the test site is poor, and during the test period the mean energy flux was slightly less than 1.4 kW/m. …
- Journal Article:
Henriques et al.
… physical behaviour of each system component. The Mutriku wave power plant was chosen as the test case. The power plant is a breakwater located in the Bay of Biscay, in Basque Country, … data. The results were obtained with a simplified model of the wave climate off the Mutriku test site comprising 14 sea states. … 10.1016/j.rser.2019.05.010 …
- Conference Paper:
Liu and Bahaj
… presented in the paper. In addition, the paper also discusses Chinese plans for marine energy test sites at sea to support prototype development and testing and concludes with a view of …
- Journal Article:
Naberezhnykh et al.
… turbine standards and are used in design software) to turbulence measurements from two tidal test sites in Scotland and Canada. Here, we show that the two sites have different levels of … to theoretical models, with significant variability within nearby locations at the same site. The agreement with spectral models is shown to be depth-dependent. The vertical component … stream-wise spectrum is better represented by the von Kármán model. With the exception of one site, the shear profiles follow a power law, although with a different exponent to that commonly …
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