Description
This dataset was generated during the Heterogeneous Wave Energy Converter (HetWECs) experimental campaign conducted at the O.H. Hinsdale Direction Wave Basin at Oregon State University. Experiments include system identification, hydrodynamics, and power take-off (PTO) tests. The experiments feature 4- and 5-body heterogenous WEC arrays consisting of both oscillating surge WECs and heaving point absorbers. Data was collected using Qualysis motion capture of the device motion, resistive wave gauges to capture wave height data at 20 locations throughout the basin, S-shaped load cells to measure wave excitation force and radiation force, and a Vesc 6 75 to measure motor current, motor RPMs, and FOC current. The submission includes post-processing MATLAB code is to support data handling and figure generation as well as test matrices detailing the sea state conditions for each experimental run.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Force Sensor Data.zip | ZIP | This folder contains data for the fixed-device wave excitation tests and the forced oscillation tests for each device. | Open resource |
| PostProcessing_codes.zip | ZIP | This is all MATLAB code used to process the data and generate figures and results. | Open resource |
| qualysis.zip | ZIP | Qualysis motion capture data. This contains device motion data for every single test conducted throughout the campaign, as well as the original .qtm files. | Open resource |
| Test Matrix Het 5a and Single Device.xlsx | XLS | This test matrix describes the sea state conditions for each trial run on the heterogeneous 5a configuration and the isolated device tests. This can act as a key for navigating file names and trial numbers throughout the entire dataset. | Open resource |
| Test Matrix Het4b.xlsx | XLS | This test matrix describes the sea state conditions for each trial run on the heterogeneous 4b configuration. This can act as a key for navigating file names and trial numbers throughout the entire dataset. | Open resource |
| Test Matrix Hom4b.xlsx | XLS | This test matrix describes the sea state conditions for each trial run on the homogeneous 4b configurations. This can act as a key for navigating file names and trial numbers throughout the entire dataset. | Open resource |
| Vesc Data.zip | ZIP | This is all the data from each WEC's Vesc 6 75 motor driver. It contains information for the forced oscillation tests and the power takeoff experiments. | Open resource |
| wave_gauges.zip | ZIP | This folder contains .mat files of resistive wave gauge data for 20 locations throughout the basin. | Open resource |
Tags
- arrays
- energy
- heaving-point-absorbers
- heterogeneous
- heterogenous-wec-arrays
- hetwecs
- hydrodynamics
- marine
- motion-capture
- oscillating-surge-wec
- oswec
- point-absorber
- power-take-off-tests
- pto
- qualysis-motion-capture
- raw-data
- system-identification
- teamer
- wave-basin-testing
- wave-energy-converter
- wec
- wec-arrays