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Lift Equivalence and Cancellation for Airfoil Surge-Pitch-Plunge Oscillations

A NACA 0018 airfoil in freestream velocity is oscillated in longitudinal, transverse, and angle-of-attack directions with respect to the freestream velocity, known as surge, plunge, and pitch. The lift-based equivalence method introduces phase shifts between these three motions to...

Elfering, K. and Granlund, K. North Carolina State University

Jan 01, 2020
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TEAMER: Numerical Analysis of a Novel Nearshore at-surface WEC

This dataset comprises of raw numerical simulation data conducted on a novel nearshore at-surface wave energy converter (WEC). The testing aimed and was intended to provide a calibration then optimization regime through numerical analysis. This project is part of the TEAMER RFTS ...

Villarreal, A. et al Laminar Scientific Inc.

Jan 15, 2024
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Advanced WEC Dynamics and Controls, Test 1

Numerous studies have shown that advanced control of a wave energy converter's (WEC's) power take off (PTO) can provide significant increases (on the order of 200-300%) in WEC energy absorption. Transitioning these control approaches from simplified paper studies to application in...

Coe, R. Sandia National Laboratories

Feb 26, 2016
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WEC Controls Optimization Final Report

The over-arching project objective is to fully develop and validate optimal controls frameworks that can subsequently be applied widely to different WEC devices and concepts. Optimal controls of WEC devices represent a fundamental building block for WEC designers that must be cons...

Previsic, M. and Karthikeyan, A. Re Vision Consulting

Aug 26, 2020
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TEAMER: Open-Source Hydrofoil Added-Mass and Damping Coefficients for MHK Turbine Reference Models

This project aims to create an open-source collection of added-mass and damping coefficients for hydrofoils that represent Reference Model marine hydrokinetic (MHK) turbine blades. This dataset includes experimental hydrofoil measurements from static and forced-oscillation tests, ...

Sharman, K. et al University of Massachusetts Amherst

Oct 02, 2026
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HERO WEC V1 Upgrade 2023 Laboratory Testing (Raw Data)

This submission contains the original, unprocessed data from the 2023 Large Amplitude Motion Platform (LAMP) testing of NREL's Hydraulic and Electric Reverse Osmosis Wave Energy Converter (HERO WEC). This data serves as a companion to MHKDR #520. Data was collected using NREL's Mo...

Jenne, S. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 01, 2024
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Geothermal Drilling and Completions: Petroleum Practices Technology Transfer

NREL and the Colorado School of Mines (SURGE) conducted research in FY14 to identify petroleum drilling and completion practices (methods and technologies) that can be transferred to geothermal drilling and completion, to provide the geothermal industry with more effective, lower ...

Visser, C. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2014
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OC6 Phase Ia Nonlinear hydrodynamic loading validation dataset

**Overview** Two validation campaigns were examined within the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration, Continued, with Correlation and unCertainty (OC6) Phase 1 project to examine the modeling tools' underprediction of loads and motion of a floating wind semisubmersible (semi) at...

Robertson, A. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)

Aug 08, 2021
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Gradient-Based Optimization Framework for Mass Distribution of Floating Wave Energy Converter Hulls

This MATLAB suite optimizes the internal mass distribution and inertial properties of floating wave energy converter (WEC) hulls. The gradient-based framework employs Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) to tune uncoupled natural frequencies in heave and/or pitch towards resonan...

Kotzamanis, V. and Kalliontzis, D. University of Houston

May 01, 2026
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MASK4 Test Campaign for Sandia WaveBot Device Dataset

This data and report details the findings from a wave tank test focused on production of useful work of a wave energy converter (WEC) device. The experimental system and test were specifically designed to validate models for power transmission throughout the WEC system. Additional...

Forbush, D. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Dec 25, 2023
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Wave Energy Prize 1/50th Testing RTI Wave Power Oscillating Wave Surge Converter

This submission of data includes all the 1/50th scale testing data completed on the Wave Energy Prize for the RTI Wave Power team, and includes: 1/50th test data (raw & processed) 1/50th test data video and pictures 1/50th Test plans and testing documents SSTF_Submission (summ...

Scharmen, W. Ricardo Detroit Technical Center

Dec 18, 2015
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HERO WEC V1 Upgrade 2023 Laboratory Testing (processed data)

The following submission includes processed laboratory data from NREL's Hydraulic and Electric Reverse Osmosis Wave Energy Converter (HERO WEC), in the form of MATLAB workspaces. This dataset was created using NREL's Large Amplitude Motion Platform (LAMP) and collected between Aug...

Panzarella, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 01, 2024
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TEAMER: WEC-Sim Modeling of Laminar Scientific Patented Seesaw Wave Energy Converter

Laminar Scientific's patented nearshore seesaw wave energy converter has several features assessed in this study utilizing the Wave Energy Converter SIMulator (WEC-Sim) Facility. One of these features is the ability to change spacing between two spherical floats of the seesaw to a...

Iyer, N. et al Laminar Scientific Inc.

Nov 21, 2024
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Motion Tracking Above and Below Water Dataset

This data set includes one trial of above and under water motion tracking measurements from a Qualysis motion tracking system. The Qualisys native .qtm file can be opened by the Qualisys Track Manager software. Data from this file has been exported to a tab separated value (.tsv...

Bosma, B. and Lomonaco, P. Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC)

Apr 23, 2021
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LandRAY PTO Testing Utilizing the NREL NWTC 5MW Dynamometer

The overarching project objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of using an innovative PowerTake-Off (PTO) Module in Columbia Power's utility-scale wave energy converter (WEC). The PTO Module uniquely combines a large-diameter, direct-drive, rotary permanent magnet generator; ...

Lenee-Bluhm, P. and Rhinefrank, K. Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Jun 13, 2016
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Laboratory Experiments for Highly Nonlinear WEC-Wave Conditions

This document describes the experiments carried out in December 2019 and February-March 2020 in the Directional Wave Basin at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University. Regular and irregular waves were generated in the absence and presence of a WEC, inclu...

Robertson, B. et al Oregon State University

Apr 30, 2020
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WEC-Sim Wave Energy Converter Simulator

WEC-Sim (Wave Energy Converter SIMulator) is an open-source wave energy converter (WEC) simulation tool. The code is developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK using the multi-body dynamics solver SimMechanics. WEC-Sim has the ability to model devices that are comprised of rigid bodies, powe...

Lawson, M. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 15, 2016
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Public Reference Data for Megawatt-Scale Hydrogen Electrolysis – Simulated Wave

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) demonstrate hydrogen electrolysis, hydrogen compression and storage, and variable hydrogen fuel cell power production using megawatt-scale equipment at NLR’s Flatirons Campus as part of the Advanced R...

Abel, R. et al National Laboratory of the Rockies

Dec 12, 2025
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SeaRAY WEC Preliminary Design and Test Planning

The SeaRAY is a deployable power system for maritime sensors, monitoring equipment, communications, unmanned underwater vehicles, and other similar payloads. This project is to design, deliver, and test a prototype low-power WEC that lowers the total cost of ownership and provides...

Hammagren, E. et al Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

May 18, 2020
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Performance estimation of resonance-enhanced dual-buoy wave energy converter using coupled time-domain simulation

This paper presents the modeling methodology and performance evaluation of the resonance-enhanced dual-buoy WEC (Wave Energy Converter) by HEM (hydrodynamic & electro-magnetic) fully-coupled-dynamics time-domain-simulation program. The numerical results are systematically compared...

Kang, H. et al Texas A&M University

Aug 31, 2020
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LandRAY PTO Test Plans with NREL NWTC 5 MW Dynamometer

Prudell, J. et al Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Feb 29, 2016
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TEAMER: Biofouling and Corrosion Study for a Novel Linear Guided Wave Energy Converter

This dataset contains data recordings used to generate the figures included in the Post Access Report for the TEAMER project "Biofouling and Corrosion Study for a Novel Linear Guided Wave Energy Converter". The overall objective of this project was to examine the reliability and p...

Lou, J. et al E-Wave Technologies LLC

Dec 03, 2025
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TEAMER: Modeling, Optimization, and Design Data for a Bio-Inspired Wave Energy Converter

This dataset contains modeling files, computational results, and analysis reports from work focused on the initial optimization and design of a bio-inspired Wave Energy Converter (WEC). Data were produced using tools including WEC-Sim and WecOptTool, with supporting scripts and mo...

Grasberger, J. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Jul 14, 2025
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TEAMER: New Technology Qualification for a Small-Scale Wave Energy Converter Powering Offshore Aquaculture

This dataset supports the concept verification of the Dual Inclined Paddles Wave Energy Converter (WEC), a small-scale marine hydrokinetic device developed by E-Wave Technologies LLC for offshore aquaculture applications. The review was conducted by the American Bureau of Shipping...