DMP: Simple, Scalable, and Submerged; FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT (REDACTED VERSION)

Morrow, Mike ; Delos-Reyes, Michael ; McNatt, Cameron ; Ozkan-Haller, Tuba ; Klure, Justin ; Kopf, Steven ; Ai, Zhuan ; Cleary, Casey ; Goold, Caitlin ; Vanithbuncha, Phattharawan

关键词: submerged;    pressure differential;    WEC;    MHK;    marine hydro kinetics;    DMP;    wave energy converter;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1034402
RP-ID  :  DOE/DE0004572-1
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1034402

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

At the start of work by M3 Wave under the current DOE funding, the DMP technology was nominally at TRL2 with some physical model testing completed. With DOE and OWET funding, much progress was made on several fronts including: cost of energy modeling, 1:50 scale model testing, numerical modeling, site evaluation, cost of mooring, construction, operations and maintenance, regulatory, and power take off. Since the technology is stationary on the ocean floor, arrays can be very dense. Even though overall efficiency is lower than buoys, the total power per acre of the technology looks to be at least twice the output per acre of known buoy WEC technologies. If the assumptions and inputs are correct, then DMP ocean power devices could be commercially competitive with other offshore renewable energy resources, such as off-shore wind power. Leveraging the data, analysis, and engineering conducted on this project, larger 1:6 scale testing was recently completed under separate funding. All aspects tested at 1:6 suggest that the DMP is a viable and disruptive technology, leading M3 Wave to continue development of the DMP.