CalWave - TEAMER UMaine 2021 Tank Testing

Boerner, Thomas

doi:10.15473/1871213

Title: CalWave - TEAMER UMaine 2021 Tank Testing

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This is the data submission to the teamer report for RFTS1 during which tank testing at UMaine W2 tank occurred. This submission includes the relevant information and recorded data of CalWave's UMaine wave tank testing conducted under TEAMER Request for Support Round 1. During the testing CalWave assessed an autonomous control approach for changing PTO gain parameters based on "on board" sea state detection. The data submitted includes an overview of normalized PTO gains based on sea state values and for a set of 8 relevant sea states the WEC motion. All data was collected on CalWave's SCADA system and UMaine's motion tracking system. The data submitted suffices the creation of figures as shown in the PDF report submitted alongside the data and the submission includes excel sheets (parameter gains), MATLAB structures (absorber motion), and the mentioned PDF report.

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Boerner, Thomas

CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Publication Date:: Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 UTC 2021

Other Number(s):: 418

DOE Contract Number:: EE0008895

Research Org.:: Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository (MHKDR); CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office (EE-4WP)

Collaborations:: CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Subject:: 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; MATLAB; PTO; SCADA; TEAMER; WEC; code; energy; marine; motion; motion detection; motion study; motion tracking; power take off; processed data; sea state detection; sea states; tank; tank test; tank testing; test; testing; wave energy converter

OSTI Identifier:: 1871213

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15473/1871213

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"CalWave - TEAMER UMaine 2021 Tank Testing".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/1871213.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1871213. Pub date:Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 UTC 2021

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  title        = {CalWave - TEAMER UMaine 2021 Tank Testing},

  author       = {Boerner, Thomas},

  abstractNote = {This is the data submission to the teamer report for RFTS1 during which tank testing at UMaine W2 tank occurred. This submission includes the relevant information and recorded data of CalWave's UMaine wave tank testing conducted under TEAMER Request for Support Round 1. During the testing CalWave assessed an autonomous control approach for changing PTO gain parameters based on "on board" sea state detection. The data submitted includes an overview of normalized PTO gains based on sea state values and for a set of 8 relevant sea states the WEC motion. All data was collected on CalWave's SCADA system and UMaine's motion tracking system. The data submitted suffices the creation of figures as shown in the PDF report submitted alongside the data and the submission includes excel sheets (parameter gains), MATLAB structures (absorber motion), and the mentioned PDF report.},

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  year         = {Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 UTC 2021},

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