TEAMER: Results of Investigating Structural Design Concepts and Alternative Materials for a Wave Power System

Whitney, Christian; Veilleux, Maxim; Buley, Greg; Algera, Douglas

doi:10.15473/2432433

Title: TEAMER: Results of Investigating Structural Design Concepts and Alternative Materials for a Wave Power System

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Included here are materials from a study on the design of a three-body Wave Energy Converter (WEC) utilizing a heave plate, dual Power Take Offs (PTOs), and single point mooring. A material trade study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of introducing various metallic and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) elements to the design. The baseline design is C-Power's patented k2 Wave Power System (WPS). This Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Request for Technical Support (RFTS) 9 effort resulted in alternative designs of the WPS center member, the nacelle. The analysis resulting from this study will inform the design of a lightweight structure with lower manufacturing and operating costs that increases energy conversion and power-to-weight ratio of the device. The dataset contains several components: finite element analysis (FEA) data, hand calculations, and CAD models. FEA files includes those used for and generated by finite element simulations. Calculations include hand calculations performed using Microsoft Excel, which assess core laminate properties, buckling, and other structural aspects in accordance with risk management DNV-RP-C201 standards. CAD materials include Solidworks files for parts, assemblies, and drawings of the evaluated models.

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Whitney, Christian; Veilleux, Maxim; Buley, Greg; Algera, Douglas

Cardinal Engineering

Publication Date:: 2024-04-27

Other Number(s):: 560

DOE Contract Number:: EE0008895

Research Org.:: Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository (MHKDR); Cardinal Engineering

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

Collaborations:: Cardinal Engineering

Subject:: 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; Autodesk; CAD; Composites; DNV; DNV-RP-C201; FEA; FRP; GRP; Hydrokinetic; MHK; Marine; PTO; RFTS 9; Solidworks; Structure; TEAMER; WEC; WPS; Wave Power System; calculations; energy; material; model; power; single point mooring

OSTI Identifier:: 2432433

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15473/2432433

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                    Whitney, Christian, Veilleux, Maxim, Buley, Greg, and Algera, Douglas. TEAMER: Results of Investigating Structural Design Concepts and Alternative Materials for a Wave Power System.  United States: N. p., 2024. 
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                    Whitney, Christian, Veilleux, Maxim, Buley, Greg, & Algera, Douglas. TEAMER: Results of Investigating Structural Design Concepts and Alternative Materials for a Wave Power System.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/2432433

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                    Whitney, Christian, Veilleux, Maxim, Buley, Greg, and Algera, Douglas. 2024.  
"TEAMER: Results of Investigating Structural Design Concepts and Alternative Materials for a Wave Power System".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/2432433.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2432433. Pub date:Sat Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2024

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  title        = {TEAMER: Results of Investigating Structural Design Concepts and Alternative Materials for a Wave Power System},

  author       = {Whitney, Christian and Veilleux, Maxim and Buley, Greg and Algera, Douglas},

  abstractNote = {Included here are materials from a study on the design of a three-body Wave Energy Converter (WEC) utilizing a heave plate, dual Power Take Offs (PTOs), and single point mooring. A material trade study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of introducing various metallic and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) elements to the design. The baseline design is C-Power's patented k2 Wave Power System (WPS). This Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Request for Technical Support (RFTS) 9 effort resulted in alternative designs of the WPS center member, the nacelle. The analysis resulting from this study will inform the design of a lightweight structure with lower manufacturing and operating costs that increases energy conversion and power-to-weight ratio of the device. The dataset contains several components: finite element analysis (FEA) data, hand calculations, and CAD models. FEA files includes those used for and generated by finite element simulations. Calculations include hand calculations performed using Microsoft Excel, which assess core laminate properties, buckling, and other structural aspects in accordance with risk management DNV-RP-C201 standards. CAD materials include Solidworks files for parts, assemblies, and drawings of the evaluated models.},

  doi          = {10.15473/2432433},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2024},

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