UMass 2-Body WEC Techno-Economic Assessment

Description

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) is developing a 2-body wave energy converter (WEC) device that is converting mechanical power into electricity using a mechanical motion rectifier that allows the system to couple to a flywheel. UMass has completed numerical modeling, wave tank testing, and PTO sub-system testing and needed assistance in developing a techno-economic model to enable optimization of their topology, comparison to a generic heaving point absorber topology, and guide the next steps in their development efforts. The core objective was to develop a techno-economic approach and modeling tool that allows benchmarking of the two topologies across a wide range of scales to evaluate their respective competitiveness in different application spaces. This data includes the final report as well as a supporting spreadsheet containing the data produced for this report.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
53 Supporting Data for the final report found below. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/580/VT%20Cost%20Model%20Plots%20MP%206-2-23%20V2.xlsm
33 Final report detailing the background, scope, conclusions, and other techno-economic project details. https://mhkdr.openei.org/files/580/VT-TEAMER-Final-Report-MP%208-22-23.pdf

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  • data
  • assessment
  • cost
  • hydrokinetic
  • optimization
  • mhk
  • flywheel
  • wave
  • pto
  • techno-economic
  • power-take-off
  • wec
  • rectifier
  • marine
  • power
  • teamer
  • technology
  • economics
  • wave-energy-converter
  • energy
  • excel

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