Wave-actuated power take-off device for electricity generation

Chertok, Allan

关键词: Wave;    Converter;    PTO;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1079615
RP-ID  :  DOE/EE/0004565-1
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1079615

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Since 2008, Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. (RME) has been engaged in the development of a rigidly moored shallow-water point absorber wave energy converter, the "3D-WEC". RME anticipated that the 3D-WEC configuration with a fully buoyant point absorber buoy coupled to three power take off (PTO) units by a tripod array of tethers would achieve higher power capture than a more conventional 1-D configuration with a single tether and PTO. The investigation conducted under this program and documented herein addressed the following principal research question regarding RME's power take off (PTO) concept for its 3D-WEC: Is RME's winch-driven generator PTO concept, previously implemented at sub-scale and tested at the Ohmsett wave tank facility, scalable in a cost-effective manner to significant power levels e.g., 10 to 100kW?