Wave energy research, development and demonstration at Oregon State University

Author

Von Jouanne, Annette ; Brekken, Ted

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper presents the wave energy research, development and demonstration (RD&D) efforts at Oregon State University (OSU), including the activities of the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) headquartered at OSU. The NNMREC facilities and research thrusts are described, and a full-scale mobile ocean test berth (MOTB) concept is detailed. In addition, a high-precision wave tank testing system established at OSU´s O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory (HWRL) is presented. The critical wave tank instrumentation, optical motion tracking system, data acquisition and related components are characterized. The paper concludes with example testing of scaled wave energy devices as well as upcoming device array testing.

Keywords

data acquisition; optical tracking; renewable energy sources; wave power generation; Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory; Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center; Oregon state university; data acquisition; device array testing; full-scale mobile ocean test berth; high precision wave tank testing system; optical motion tracking system; scaled wave energy device; wave energy development; wave energy research; wave tank instrumentation; Damping; Generators; Industries; Oceans; Testing; Torque; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1000-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2011.6039728

Filename

6039728