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Reference Model 6 Full Scale Geometry (RM6: Oscillating Water Column)
Abstract
Contains the Reference Model 6 (RM6) full scale geometry files of the Oscillating Water Column, developed by the Reference Model Project (RMP). These full scale geometry files are saved as SolidWorks assembly, IGS, and STEP files, and require a CAD program to view. This data was generated upon completion of the project on September 30, 2014. The Reference Model Project (RMP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was a partnered effort to develop open-source MHK point designs as reference models (RMs) to benchmark MHK technology performance and costs, and an open-source methodology for design and analysis of MHK technologies, including models for estimating their capital costs, operational costs, and levelized costs of energy. The point designs also served as open-source test articles for university researchers and commercial technology developers. The RMP project team, led by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), included a partnership between DOE, three national laboratories, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University, and Re Vision Consulting. Reference Model 6 (RM6) is a Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB), which is a type of oscillating water column wave energymore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Other Number(s):
- 366
- DOE Contract Number:
- FY13 AOP 1.2.5.1
- Research Org.:
- Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository (MHKDR); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office (EE-4WP)
- Collaborations:
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Subject:
- 16 Tidal and Wave Power
- Keywords:
- MHK; Marine; Hydrokinetic; energy; power; refence model; wave energy; RM6; WEC; OWC; oscillating water column; 3D model; CAD; model; Solidworks; Reference Model Project
- Geolocation:
- 83.0,180.0|-83.0,180.0|-83.0,-180.0|83.0,-180.0|83.0,180.0
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1819898
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.15473/1819898
- Project Location:
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Citation Formats
Neary, Vince, Bull, Diana, Smith, Chris, Jacob, Paul, Jenne, Scott, Willits, Steve, and Fontaine, Arnold. Reference Model 6 Full Scale Geometry (RM6: Oscillating Water Column). United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.15473/1819898.
Neary, Vince, Bull, Diana, Smith, Chris, Jacob, Paul, Jenne, Scott, Willits, Steve, & Fontaine, Arnold. Reference Model 6 Full Scale Geometry (RM6: Oscillating Water Column). United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/1819898
Neary, Vince, Bull, Diana, Smith, Chris, Jacob, Paul, Jenne, Scott, Willits, Steve, and Fontaine, Arnold. 2014.
"Reference Model 6 Full Scale Geometry (RM6: Oscillating Water Column)". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/1819898. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1819898. Pub date:Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014
@article{osti_1819898,
title = {Reference Model 6 Full Scale Geometry (RM6: Oscillating Water Column)},
author = {Neary, Vince and Bull, Diana and Smith, Chris and Jacob, Paul and Jenne, Scott and Willits, Steve and Fontaine, Arnold},
abstractNote = {Contains the Reference Model 6 (RM6) full scale geometry files of the Oscillating Water Column, developed by the Reference Model Project (RMP). These full scale geometry files are saved as SolidWorks assembly, IGS, and STEP files, and require a CAD program to view. This data was generated upon completion of the project on September 30, 2014. The Reference Model Project (RMP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), was a partnered effort to develop open-source MHK point designs as reference models (RMs) to benchmark MHK technology performance and costs, and an open-source methodology for design and analysis of MHK technologies, including models for estimating their capital costs, operational costs, and levelized costs of energy. The point designs also served as open-source test articles for university researchers and commercial technology developers. The RMP project team, led by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), included a partnership between DOE, three national laboratories, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Applied Research Laboratory of Penn State University, and Re Vision Consulting. Reference Model 6 (RM6) is a Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB), which is a type of oscillating water column wave energy converter. First proposed by Masuda, the BBDB design is a floating Oscillating Water Column (OWC) device that consists of an air chamber, an L-shaped duct, bow and stern buoyancy modules, and a power take-off (PTO) composed of a Wells air turbine and a generator. This L- shaped device opens to the ocean downstream from the wave propagation direction. Power is produced by the motion of the wave, which causes the ambient pressure in the air chamber to vary thereby forcing air to flow through the Wells turbine. The reference wave energy resource for RM6 was developed from site information collected near Eureka, in Humboldt County, California.},
doi = {10.15473/1819898},
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place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {9}
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