Pioneer WEC concept design report

Technical Report · Sat Sep 30 20:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2280833· OSTI ID:2499504

Coe, Ryan G.; Lee, Jantzen ^[1]; Bacelli, Giorgio ^[1]; Spencer, Steven J. ^[1]; Dullea, Kevin ^[1]; Plueddemann, Albert J. ^[2]; Buffitt, Derek ^[2]; Reine, John ^[2]; Peters, Don ^[2]; Spinneken, Johannes ^[3]; Hamilton, Andrew ^[4]; Sabet, Sahand ^[5]; Husain, Salman ^[5]; Jenne, Scott ^[5]; Korde, Umesh ^[6]; Muglia, Mike ^[7]; Taylor, Trip ^[7]; Wade, Eric ^[7]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (United States)
3. Evergreen Innovations, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
4. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA (United States)
5. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
6. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
7. East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC (United States). Coastal Studies Institute

The "Pioneer WEC" project is targeted at developing a wave energy generator for the Coastal Surface Mooring (CSM) system within the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Pioneer Array. The CSM utilizes solar photovoltaic and wind generation systems, along with rechargeable batteries, to power multiple sensors on the buoy and along the mooring line. This approach provides continuous power for essential controller functions and a subset of instruments, and meets the full power demand roughly 70% of the time. Sandia has been tasked with designing a wave energy system to provide additional electrical power and bring the CSM up-time for satisfying the full-power demand to 100%. This project is a collaboration between Sandia and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with Evergreen Innovations, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Eastern Carolina University (ECU), Johns Hopkins University (JHU), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This report captures Phase I of an expected two phase project and presents project scoping and concept design results.

• 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), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2499504
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--5700-92684; SAND--2023-10861; MainId:94465; UUID:c9b52f50-049f-4b71-9f3d-f5dc7204bba2; MainAdminId:75720
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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