As of April 2023, MTU Wave is a Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER™) facility. TEAMER™ is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and directed by the Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET) and provides funding for TEAMER facilities supporting organizations developing marine renewable energy technology. This is a great way to fund your testing needs, and if you think MTU Wave is a good fit, please get in touch with us to discuss. The next technical support deadline is July 7, 2023.
Houssein, Tania, Gordon, and Dave Wilson (Sandia) published the “Effect of the Dynamic Froude-Krylov Force on Energy Extraction from a Point Absorber Energy Converter with an Hourglass-Shaped Buoy” in Applied Sciences. They showed the importance of including the dynamic Froude-Krylov force for analysis and control system design. They are now testing a 3D-printed hourglass-shaped buoy using MTU Wave's buoy dynamometer and will finish in June 2023.
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The low-friction WEC testbed design was completed in April 2023 and tested in MTU Wave. It’s now being used to explore control system strategies for heaving point absorbers. The voice coil PTO and air bearings result in nearly zero friction allowing us to focus on the hydrodynamic response. A Michigan Tech capstone team designed the system.
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