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Title: Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy

Abstract

The most prudent path to a full-scale design, build and deployment of a wave energy conversion (WEC) system involves establishment of validated numerical models using physical experiments in a methodical scaling program. This Project provides essential additional rounds of wave tank testing at 1:33 scale and ocean/bay testing at a 1:7 scale, necessary to validate numerical modeling that is essential to a utility-scale WEC design and associated certification.

Authors:
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  1. Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE EE Office of Wind and Hydropower Technologies (EE-2B)
Contributing Org.:
Ershigs Inc. Garrad Hassan NNMREC Oregon State University Sound & Sea Technology Sound Ocean Systems The Glosten Associates University of Washington
OSTI Identifier:
1088831
Report Number(s):
DOE/EE0002647-1
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0002647
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; numerical modeling; wave energy converter; Froude scaled; wave tank; sea trials; AWAC; metocean conditions; JONSWAP; OrcaFlex; ANSYS AQWA; Relative Capture Width; load analysis

Citation Formats

Rhinefrank, Kenneth E., Lenee-Bluhm, Pukha, Prudell, Joseph H., Schacher, Alphonse A., Hammagren, Erik J., and Zhang, Zhe. Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1088831.
Rhinefrank, Kenneth E., Lenee-Bluhm, Pukha, Prudell, Joseph H., Schacher, Alphonse A., Hammagren, Erik J., & Zhang, Zhe. Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1088831
Rhinefrank, Kenneth E., Lenee-Bluhm, Pukha, Prudell, Joseph H., Schacher, Alphonse A., Hammagren, Erik J., and Zhang, Zhe. 2013. "Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1088831. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1088831.
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title = {Direct Drive Wave Energy Buoy},
author = {Rhinefrank, Kenneth E. and Lenee-Bluhm, Pukha and Prudell, Joseph H. and Schacher, Alphonse A. and Hammagren, Erik J. and Zhang, Zhe},
abstractNote = {The most prudent path to a full-scale design, build and deployment of a wave energy conversion (WEC) system involves establishment of validated numerical models using physical experiments in a methodical scaling program. This Project provides essential additional rounds of wave tank testing at 1:33 scale and ocean/bay testing at a 1:7 scale, necessary to validate numerical modeling that is essential to a utility-scale WEC design and associated certification.},
doi = {10.2172/1088831},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1088831}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}