Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 51-56Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.08.019
Keywords
Wave energy; Pre-commercial demonstrator design; Wave Hub; Physical model testing
Funding
- IT Power Ltd.
- Offshore Wave Energy Ltd
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Technology Strategy Board [100854]
- South West Regional Development Agency [202307]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K013319/1, EP/I027912/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/I027912/1, EP/K013319/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The consortium responsible for the next stage of development of the OWEL wave energy converter will construct and test a large scale, pre-commercial demonstrator. It is expected that this will be installed at Wave Hub during 2013 and grid connected for a testing period lasting around 12 months. This paper reports on the preliminary design work being undertaken in the development of the marine demonstration device. This concentrates primarily on producing a fully costed design by detailing the hydraulic design and aspects of stability as well as providing insight into various design features such as the power take-off, naval architecture, moorings and control. The design is being largely informed by the results of a 15 month research project funded by the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) in which the performance was determined and a detailed techno-economic model for a large scale OWEL device was generated. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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