Browsing Marine Energy Technology Symposium by Issue Date
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Development and Demonstration of The WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulation Tool
(2014-04)The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) have developed WEC-Sim to provide the wave energy converter (WEC) design community with an open-source simulation tool. WEC-Sim models ... -
Reynolds Number Dependence of Cross-Flow Turbine Performance and Near-Wake Characteristics
(2014-04)Minimizing wake losses in wind or marine hydrokinetic (MHK) turbine arrays is a crucial design consideration, as it has a large impact on overall energy production. To understand and mitigate these losses, interactions ... -
Superstorm Sandy and the Verdant Power Rite Project
(2014-04)On October 29, 2012 Superstorm Sandy (formerly Hurricane Sandy) made landfall in New Jersey. With unprecedented size, extreme central low pressure, and full-moon timing , it created a storm surge that inundated New York ... -
Determining the Spatial Coherence of Turbulence at MHK Sites
(2014-04)Although turbulence is thought to be a key variable in the performance and survivability of Marine Hydrokinetic turbines, it has not been fully characterized at sites where they will be deployed. In particular, the ... -
Externally Bonded FBG Strain Sensors Structural Health Monitoring of Marine Hydrokinetic Structures
(2014-04)To reduce operations and maintenance costs, mitigate failures, and improve capacity factor, structural health‐monitoring systems can provide key information to improve management of marine hydrokinetic devices. While present ... -
The "ΡC" WEC in "Offshore Wave and Wind Together; Afloat" –3 Years' Progress
(2014-04)Offshore wind and wave power can be remarkably complimentary. Given an extended, stable floating platform to share, important economies of renewable power production and energy storage are possible. The Pneumatically ... -
Discrete Element Modeling of Blade–Strike Frequency and Survival of Fish Passing Through Hydrokinetic Turbines
(2014-04)Evaluating the consequences to fish from blade-strike on marine hydrokinetic (MHK) turbine blades is important for incorporating environmental objectives into the integral optimization of machine performance. For instance, ... -
Hydrokinetic Turbines at High Blockage Ratio
(2014-04)This study investigates the possibility of using hydrokinetic turbines for both power generation and flow control, with the potential to replace some of the sluice gates in constructed channels. Theoretical and numerical ... -
Tagged Species Detection: Approach to Monitoring Marine Species at Marine Hydrokinetic Projects
(2014-04)Verdant Power, LLC (Verdant) is licensed to operate an array of up to 30 kinetic hydropower turbines in East River, NY. During the licensing process, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the federal regulatory agency ... -
Methodology for Design and Economic Analysis of Marine Energy Conversion (MEC) Technologies
(2014-04)This paper presents results of the Reference Model Project (RMP), which began five years ago to facilitate Marine Energy Conversion (MEC) technology development and market acceleration. The four Reference Models presented ... -
Model Predictive and Integral Error Tracking Control of a Vertical Axis Pendulum Wave Energy Converter
(2014-04)By actively controlling the rotation of its pendulum, a vertical axis pendulum wave energy converter can generate significantly more net electricity from ocean waves than what would otherwise be possible through a passively ... -
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Ocean Sentinel Mooring System to Enable Improved Modeling and Design
(2014-04)This paper presents the design and analysis of the Ocean Sentinel instrumentation buoy mooring system, including numerical modeling and experimental validation testing during the summer of 2013. The intent of this study ... -
Analysis of the Impacts of Wave Energy Converter Arrays on the Nearshore Wave Climate
(2014-04)This study analyzes the impacts of offshore Wave Energy Converter (WEC) arrays on far-field waves and on nearshore wave-induced hydrodynamic forcing for a variety of array designs and incident wave conditions. The main ... -
A Framework for Optimizing the Placement of Current Energy Converters
(2014-04)This study investigates the potential environmental impacts and performance of a small array of tidal energy converters (TECs) in Cobscook Bay, ME; TECs are a subset of current energy converters (CECs) that are specifically ... -
Tidal Distortion as Pertains to Hydrokinetic Turbine Selection and Resource Assessment
(2014-04)Synthetic M2 and M4 velocity signals with differing relative phase, are quantified by the statistical parameters skewness and asymmetry, to observe the effect of tidal distortion on available and technical energy for ... -
Annex IV - Investigating Environmental Effects of Wave and Tidal Devices Through International Cooperation
(2014-04)The pace of development for marine energy projects worldwide continues to be hindered by uncertainty surrounding potential environmental effects of wave and tidal devices and the balance of system. In response to this ... -
Analysis and Proof‐of‐Concept Experiment of Liquid‐Piston Compression for Ocean Compressed Air Energy Storage (OCAES) System
(2014-04)An analysis and a proof‐of‐concept experiment of liquid‐piston compression were conducted for a table‐top Ocean Compressed Air Energy Storage (OCAES) prototype. A singlecylinder‐ type piston surrounded by water was modeled ... -
Optimization and Annual Average Power Predictions of a Backward Bent Duct Buoy Oscillating Water Column Device Using the Wells Turbine
(2014-04)This paper presents work completed by The Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University, in conjunction with Sandia National Labs, on the optimization of the power conversion chain (PCC) design to maximize ... -
Numerical Optimization of a Portable Hydrokinetic Turbine
(2014-04)Hydropower has a long history as a source for clean, renewable energy. Conventional hydropower requires large civil structures and a high capital cost for construction. Hydrokinetic turbines do not require these structures ... -
Fatigue Life Distribution for a Simple Wave Energy Converter
(2014-04)Fatigue is known to be a dominant failure mode for systems subjected to wave loading. A time domain simulation of loading on a simple Wave Energy Converter (WEC) was used to develop the distribution of fatigue failures ...
