Ocean Power Technologies Powerbuoy®: System‐Level Design, Development and Validation Methodology

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dc.contributorMarine Energy Technology Symposiumen
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Kathleen, A.en
dc.contributor.authorMekhiche, Mikeen
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-30T19:35:30Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-30T19:35:30Zen
dc.date.issued2014-04en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper the authors will describe a system‐level, multi‐physics based development of PowerBuoy® products at Ocean Power Technologies (OPT). The PowerBuoy is a moored system which extracts useful electrical power from waves. Different PowerBuoy solutions have been developed for different markets (grid connected systems vs. smaller autonomous systems) and/or different customer applications. The PowerBuoy design approach focuses on clarification of operational requirements at the onset of the effort. An iterative closed‐loop process optimizes various aspects of the system. The goal is a solution that addresses all Key Performance Parameters while minimizing life cycle cost. This paper will outline the PowerBuoy design process, which consists of the following steps, illustrated by examples from recent development efforts.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNaval Undersea Warfare Center (U.S.)en
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Energyen
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Communities Frameworken
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/49232en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderEdwards, Kathleen, A.en
dc.rights.holderMekhiche, Mikeen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPowerbuoyen
dc.subjectOcean poweren
dc.subjectOcean engineeringen
dc.subjectWave energy conversionen
dc.subjectOcean current converteren
dc.titleOcean Power Technologies Powerbuoy®: System‐Level Design, Development and Validation Methodologyen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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