Review of Recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) Advanced Features
- Sandia National Laboratories
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- Velocity Global
WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an opensource software for modeling the motions, loads and power generation of wave energy converters. WEC-Sim performs simulations in the time domain using hydrodynamic coefficients calculated by boundary element method (BEM) frequency-domain potential flow solvers such as WAMIT, NEMOH, Capytaine, or Ansys AQWA. WEC-Sim development is ongoing, including various features, applications, and example cases used to demonstrate potential use-cases to meet the needs of the growing marine energy industry. Through input from a broad user base and an extensive team of developers and collaborators, new features of WEC-Sim are developed to expand the software's use cases and improve overall functionality. Three new WEC-Sim features highlighted in this paper include updating WEC-Sim to be compatible with MoorDyn Version 2, incorporation of second order excitation loads (quadratic transfer functions) and allowing for dynamically changing hydrodynamics.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 3011838
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5700-91605
- Journal Information:
- International Marine Energy Journal , Journal Name: International Marine Energy Journal Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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