A Survey of WEC Reliability, Survival and Design Practices

Coe, Ryan G.; Yu, Yi-Hsiang; van Rij, Jennifer

doi:10.3390/en11010004

A Survey of WEC Reliability, Survival and Design Practices

Journal Article · Thu Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Energies

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en11010004· OSTI ID:1419414

^[1]; Yu, Yi-Hsiang ^[2]; van Rij, Jennifer ^[2]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

A wave energy converter must be designed to survive and function efficiently, often in highly energetic ocean environments. This represents a challenging engineering problem, comprising systematic failure mode analysis, environmental characterization, modeling, experimental testing, fatigue and extreme response analysis. While, when compared with other ocean systems such as ships and offshore platforms, there is relatively little experience in wave energy converter design, a great deal of recent work has been done within these various areas. Here, this article summarizes the general stages and workflow for wave energy converter design, relying on supporting articles to provide insight. By surveying published work on wave energy converter survival and design response analyses, this paper seeks to provide the reader with an understanding of the different components of this process and the range of methodologies that can be brought to bear. In this way, the reader is provided with a large set of tools to perform design response analyses on wave energy converters.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Hydropower Technology Program (EE-2B); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC36-08GO28308; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1419414

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1421654

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5000-70718; SAND--2018-0054J

Journal Information:: Energies, Journal Name: Energies Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 1996-1073; ISSN ENERGA

Publisher:: MDPI AGCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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