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TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report

This project evaluated how high-resolution, spatially distributed field data can be used to refine and validate site-scale hydrodynamic simulations of tidal channels. Use of such spatially-distributed field observations or site-scale hydrodynamic simulations will be needed for pro...

University of Washington (NNMREC)

Aug 20, 2020
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Pacific Marine Energy Center, OR South Energy Test Site, Wave Measurements

TRIAXYS data from the NNMREC-SETS, for Nov. 2014 Jan. 2015, and May 2015 Dec. 2015. The data consists of: Date, Time, significant wave height (1 hour average), significant wave period (1 hour average).

Von, A. Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center

Jun 06, 2016
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Holistic Control Embedded PTO Development Target Performance Metrics Definitions

Collection of Power Take-Off (PTO), Power Conversion Chain (PCC), and relevant device metrics to be used for performance assessment of the Control co-designed PTO including brief summary of literature, baseline, and target metrics values.

Boerner, T. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Jul 30, 2019
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ADCP Acoustic Interference Survey Data, Sequim Bay Inlet, WA

Raw ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) datasets from acoustic interference surveys with a TRDI Workhorse 300, a Nortek Signature500 and two Signature1000 instruments from August 2020. One Signature 1000 ADCP was deployed for 13 days on a bottom lander in Sequim Bay Inlet, WA...

McVey, J. and Cavagnaro, R. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Aug 13, 2020
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Wave Classification Statistical Data for US Waters

Wave statistics computed using output from the NOAA WWIII hindcast simulations, spanning thirty years from 1980 to 2009. The statistics are computed based on frequency-directional variance density spectra every three hours for 1951 locations in US waters.

Haas, K. Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Sep 21, 2016
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Extreme Significant Wave Heights for US Coastal Waters

Includes extreme significant wave heights, in meters, computed using peaks over threshold method on NOAA 30-year WWIII hindcast data. Extreme values for 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 year return periods were computed. Sites cover US coastlines. Column 1: Site identifier/name Column 2: S...

Bredin, S. Sandia National Laboratories

Sep 01, 2016
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Spooling control design for flight optimization of tethered tidal kites

This submission includes three peer-reviewed (under review) papers from the researchers at North Carolina State University presenting different control-based techniques to maximize the efficiency and robustness of a tethered energy-harvesting kite. Below are the abstracts of each ...

Daniels, J. et al North Carolina State University

Sep 16, 2019
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Modeling the Integration of Marine Energy into Microgrids Wave Resource Assessment

This submission has wave resource assessments which were conducted for six locations based on IEC requirements using the DOE WPTO Hindcast data and MHKiT. The locations are chosen to provide varying wave climates and include PacWave South, OR; Wave Energy Testing Site (WETS), HI; ...

Mankle, H. and Robertson, B. University of Alaska Fairbanks

Jan 19, 2023
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Renewable Electricity Futures Study Volume One

Renewable Electricity Futures Study Volume One. This is part of a series of four volumes describing exploring a high-penetration renewable electricity future for the United States of America. This data set is provides data for the entire volume one document and includes all data f...

Hand. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jan 19, 2016
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LCOE Content Model for the Heaving Point Absorber Buoy

This is the LCOE analysis spreadsheet and content model for the heaving point absorber buoy developed for controls purposes. The cost assessment was done on a wave-farm of 100-units.

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

Jul 14, 2017
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Control-based optimization for tethered tidal kite

This submission includes three peer-reviewed (under review) papers from the researchers at North Carolina State University presenting control-based techniques to maximize effectiveness of a tethered tidal kite. Below are the abstracts of each file included in the submission. Cobb...

Vermillion, C. et al North Carolina State University

Mar 02, 2020
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CalWave Open Water Demonstration PTO Belt Assessment & Test Report Public

PTO (Power Take-Off) belt test and analysis report conducted under CalWave's Open Water Demonstration Award EE0008097 Belt Tradeoffs for Winch PTO. The report tests two types of belts: a high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) woven fiber belt and a steel cable polyurethane belt. The goa...

Kojimoto, N. and Boerner, T. CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

May 28, 2021
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Hydrokinetic Canal Measurements: Inflow Velocity, Wake Flow Velocity, and Turbulence

The dataset consist of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) velocity measurements in the wake of a 3-meter diameter vertical-axis hydrokinetic turbine deployed in Roza Canal, Yakima, WA, USA. A normalized hub-centerline wake velocity profile and two cross-section velocity con...

Gunawan, B. Sandia National Laboratories

Jun 11, 2014
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TEAMER: Tidal Currents in San Juan Archipelago, Washington

Re-analyzed acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data originally collected by NOAA CO-OPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services) and equivalent point data from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's FVCOM (Finite Volume Community Ocean Model) model of th...

Polagye, B. et al University of Washington

Dec 15, 2022
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LCOE Baseline for RME Surge WEC Device

This submission includes all the data to support an LCOE baseline assessment for the Resolute Marine Energy (RME) Surge WEC device.

Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting

Jul 19, 2017
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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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Accelerated Lifetime Testing of Main Shaft Seals for Tidal Turbine Rotors

The lifetime assessment experimental platform described in this report is specifically designed for testing the low-speed main shaft seal for Verdant Power's (Verdant Power Inc., New York, New York) fifth-generation (Gen5) underwater power generation turbine. This project is joint...

Murray, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 01, 2024
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StingRAY Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis: WEC Risk Registers

Analysis method to systematically identify all potential failure modes and their effects on the Stingray WEC system. This analysis is incorporated early in the development cycle such that the mitigation of the identified failure modes can be achieved cost effectively and efficient...

Rhinefrank, K. Columbia Power Technologies, Inc.

Jul 25, 2016
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Development of Classification Systems for Wave Energy Resources and WEC Technologies

The submission includes wave resource classification reports, summary of classification statistics and regional trends, and data files with classification statistics for selected sites for extreme significant wave height. Two conference papers were uploaded that include classifica...

Neary, V. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Jun 30, 2017
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2017 Western Passage Tidal Energy Resource Characterization Measurements

These data are from tidal resource characterization measurements collected between April and July 2017 in Western Passage near Eastport, Maine, USA. The dataset contains the following four sub-datasets, each of which is described in more detail in the README.pdf. 1. A bottom-mou...

Kilcher, L. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 31, 2017
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Evaluation of a Wave Powered Water Pump Performance by Ocean Field Testing and WEC-Sim Modeling

This submission from AMEC (the Atlantic Marine Energy Center) includes data from an ocean field deployment of a wave powered water pump in March 2023. The wave pump is an upweller device, designed to enhance macroalgal aquaculture. The wave pump device was deployed off the coast ...

Kimball, C. et al University of New Hampshire, Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC)

Mar 21, 2023
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Version 2 Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Velocity and Turbulence Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

Version 2 of MHKDR submission #475, which also contains the metadata for these measurements. Files here are stored in netCDF4 format, which can be read in Python using the "netcdf4" or "xarray" packages or in MATLAB using the "ncread()" function. Changes are as follows: MWM1 (mi...

Kilcher, L. and McVey, J. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jul 01, 2021
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High Resolution Ocean Surface Wave Hindcast (US Wave) Data

The development of this dataset was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Water Power Technologies Office to improve our understanding of the U.S. wave energy resource and to provide critical information for wave energy project de...

Yang, Z. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 01, 2020
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StingRAY WEC Risk Register

Risk Registers for major subsystems of the StingRAY WEC completed in compliance with the DOE Risk Management Framework developed by NREL.