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Performance data for an axial-flow turbine with passive adaptive blades

To support the development of simulation tools for passive adaptive turbine rotors, an experimental data set from a laboratory-scale axial-flow turbine with passive adaptive blades is provided. The 0.45-meter diameter turbine was tested in the Alice C. Tyler Flume at the Universit...

Van Ness, K. et al University of Washington

May 01, 2024
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Wave Tank Testing of 1-DoF Heaving Buoy for Controls Validation Purposes

This submission includes the wave tank testing data used to validate the controls optimization efforts of a heaving 1-DoF buoy.

Previsic, M. et al Re Vision Consulting

Jul 13, 2017
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Centipod WEC, Advanced Controls, MPC Controller MATLAB Code

This archive contains the MATLAB code for the model predictive control (MPC) controller developed in this project. The archive containing the WaveDyn models used for analysis of the Centipod with the MPC controller is linked in this submission.

McCall, A. Dehlsen Associates, LLC

Feb 15, 2016
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Verdant Power Gen5 KHPS and TriFrame System Content Models

This submission includes the Component Content Model for Verdant Power TriFrame and the System Content Model for Verdant Power TriFrame + 3 Gen5 KHPS Turbines. The TriFrame is the foundation component of the system, which consists of a TriFrame + 3 Gen5 KHPS Turbines (TF+3T).

Corren, D. et al Verdant Power Inc.

Jul 05, 2018
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Verdant Power TriFrame, Gen5 KHPS Turbine, and BOP System Content Models

This submission includes System Content Models with data following manufacture for the Verdant Power TriFrame, Gen5 Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) Turbines, and Balance of Plant (BOP). The TriFrame installs 3 Gen5 KHPS Turbines. The BOP system controls the turbines and interconn...

Corren, D. et al Verdant Power Inc.

Mar 31, 2020
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Processed ADCP Current Depth Profiles, Flow Classification, and Power Law Parameters at Tidal Energy Sites

This dataset contains processed acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) measurements from twenty energetic tidal energy sites in the United States, Scotland, and New Zealand, compiled for the 2025 publication Current Depth Profile Characterization for Tidal Energy Development (li...

Jang, M. et al Sandia National Laboratories

Jul 28, 2025
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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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Observation-Based Resource Assessment of Gulf Stream MHK

Multi-year measurements of current velocity, salinity, and temperature from fixed and vessel-mounted sensors quantify Gulf Stream (GS) MHK resource variability and inform development off Cape Hatteras, NC. Vessel transects across the GS demonstrate a jet-like velocity structure wi...

Muglia, M. et al North Carolina State University

Jan 01, 2020
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TEAMER: Numerical Modeling of the Pitching Inertial Pump (PIP) Wave Energy Capture Device

This project focused on further development of a Numerical Model of the iProTech Pitching Inertial Pump (PIP) wave energy converter (WEC) using the MATLAB/Simulink tool, WEC-Sim. The process involved parameterizing key design variables, running time-domain simulations, and perform...

Wynn, N. et al IProTech

Feb 26, 2026
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TEAMER: UMass 2-Body WEC Techno-Economic Assessment

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) is developing a 2-body wave energy converter (WEC) device that is converting mechanical power into electricity using a mechanical motion rectifier that allows the system to couple to a flywheel. UMass has completed numerical modeling, wave t...

Previsic, M. Re Vision Consulting

Nov 19, 2024
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Magnetic Gears for a Marine Hydrokinetic Generator Component Model

The goal of this project is to design, fabricate, and test a hermetically sealed 50 kilowatt (kW) multistage magnetically geared generator (MGG). The Component Content Model provides data submitters with an easy and consistent means of uploading data and associated meta data about...

Bird, J. et al Portland State University

Jul 30, 2021
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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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CalWave Open Water Demo Budget Period 1 Reports

The objective of the project is to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of the Wave Energy Converter (WEC) developed by CalWave Wave Power Technologies Inc (CalWave) through advanced numerical simulations, dynamic hardware tests, and ultimately a scaled open water demonstr...

Boerner, T. et al CalWave Power Technologies Inc.

Jun 03, 2019
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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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TEAMER: Drifting Hydrophone System Block Diagram and Pre-Amplifier Calibrations

This data release is part of TEAMER RFTS 2, where the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS) at Oregon State University is performing hardware and software development and integration of four newly designed drifting hydrophone systems for underwater noise measu...

Turnbull, J. et al Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC)

Feb 26, 2024
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Laboratory Upgrade Point Absorber WEC-Sim Model with MoorDyn Moorings

This dataset includes a WEC-Sim and MoorDyn model of the Laboratory Upgrade Point Absorber (LUPA). LUPA is an open-source wave energy converter designed and tested by Oregon State University. The files provided here constitute a stable LUPA configuration with three mooring lines. ...

Mcconnell, A. Oregon State University

Oct 08, 2024
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Cone Penetration Tests at the PacWave South Test Site

This ZIP archive contains cone penetration test data from the PacWave South Test Site. The data were collected in September 2023 aboard the ship Seacor Lee operating out of the Port of Newport, OR. The tests were performed by ConeTec using an AP van den Berg ROSON-100. The cone it...

Evans, M. Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC)

Sep 07, 2023
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Wave Carpet Controls Design Optimization

To assess CalWave's submerged Wave Carpet Technology for system performance advancement, CalWave seeks to test advanced controls methodologies on a simplified wave carpet model, which potentially can be used in further research to leverage the design to a full wave carpet assessme...

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

Aug 26, 2020
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Water Horse Hydroelectric Harvester Dual Oscillator Field Testing Data, UAF Nenana Alaska, 2021

Raw and processed timeseries data generated during field testing of a single "galloping oscillator" Water Horse prototype at PMEC (Pacific Marine Energy Center) Tanana River Test Site in Nenana, AK for 3 weeks in 2021. Data collection by University of Alaska, Fairbanks. This su...

Loeffler, B. et al University of Alaska Fairbanks

Aug 18, 2021
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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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Advanced TidGen Power System Preliminary IO&M and Testing Plan

The TidGen Power System generates emission-free electricity from tidal currents and connects directly into existing grids using smart grid technology. The power system consists of three major subsystems: shore-side power electronics, mooring system, and turbine generator unit (TGU...

Marnagh, C. and McEntee, J. Ocean Renewable Power Company

Jun 14, 2018
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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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TEAMER: OpenFAST Modeling and Simulation of the Aquantis AQ10 Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine

This dataset was developed under TEAMER technical support (CRD-21-17763-0) to model the Aquantis AQ10, a spar buoy-based marine hydrokinetic turbine, using the OpenFAST simulation framework. The project transitioned modeling from the proprietary Tidal Bladed tool to OpenFAST to en...

Swales, H. and Tran, T. Aquantis, Inc.

Jul 31, 2025
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Reports on Wave and Tidal Energy Cost Reduction and Performance Improvement Opportunities

This submission contains two resources developed by Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. in 2025 for the U.S. Department of Energy/Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). The study identifies near-term opportunities to reduce costs and improve performance in wave and tidal current energy syst...

Yüzügüllü, E. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

May 27, 2025
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Water Horse Hydroelectric Harvester Single Oscillator Field Testing Data, UAF Nenana Alaska, 2020

Raw and processed timeseries data generated during field testing of a single oscillating hydrofoil Water Horse prototype at PMEC (Pacific Marine Energy Center) Tanana River Test Site in Nenana, AK in July 2020. Data collection by University of Alaska, Fairbanks. This submission i...