Experimental Testing of a Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1761877· OSTI ID:1761877

Ruehl, Kelley Michelle ^[1]; Forbush, Dominic ^[1]; Lomonaco, Pedro ^[1]; Bosma, Bret ^[1]; Simmons, Asher ^[1]; Gunawan, Budi ^[1]; Bacelli, Giorgio ^[1]; Michelen, Carlos ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

In order to generate a public data set that can be used to validate Wave Energy Converter (WEC) numerical codes, such as WEC-Sim, Sandia National Laboratories led an experimental testing campaign of a 1:33 scale Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Converter (FOSWEC) in the Directional Wave Basin at Oregon State University's Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory. Testing was performed in two phases; Phase 1 testing was completed in November - December 2015, and Phase 2 testing was completed in May - June 2016. This experimental testing report details the selection and design of a FOSWEC, experimental setup and tests, and overview of the resulting dataset from Phase 1 and Phase 2 testing.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1761877
• Report Number(s): SAND-2019-3087; 673585
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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