Wave-actuated power take-off device for electricity generation
Since 2008, Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. (RME) has been engaged in the development of a rigidly moored shallow-water point absorber wave energy converter, the "3D-WEC". RME anticipated that the 3D-WEC configuration with a fully buoyant point absorber buoy coupled to three power take off (PTO) units by a tripod array of tethers would achieve higher power capture than a more conventional 1-D configuration with a single tether and PTO. The investigation conducted under this program and documented herein addressed the following principal research question regarding RME's power take off (PTO) concept for its 3D-WEC: Is RME's winch-driven generator PTO concept, previously implemented at sub-scale and tested at the Ohmsett wave tank facility, scalable in a cost-effective manner to significant power levels e.g., 10 to 100kW?
- Research Organization:
- Resolute Marine Energy
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0004565
- OSTI ID:
- 1079615
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EE/0004565-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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