A novel ocean sentinel instrumentation buoy for wave energy testing

This paper presents a novel Ocean Sentinel instrumentation buoy that the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) has developed with AXYS Technologies for the testing of wave energy converters (WECs). NNMREC is a Department of Energy-sponsored partnership among Oregon State University (OSU), the University of Washington (UW), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The Ocean Sentinel instrumentation buoy is a surface buoy based on the 6-m NOMAD (Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device) design. The Ocean Sentinel provides power analysis, data acquisition, and environmental monitoring, as well as an active converter interface to control power dissipation to an onboard electrical load. The WEC being tested and the instrumentation buoy are moored with approximately 125 meters separation; connected by a power and communication umbilical cable. The Ocean Sentinel was completed in 2012 and was deployed for the testing of a WEC at the NNMREC open-ocean test site, north of Newport, OR, during August and September of 2012.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.47.1.4
• Record URL:
  http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj/2013/00000047/00000001/art00005
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2013 Marine Technology Society, Inc.
• Authors:
  • von Jouanne, Annette
  • Lettenmaier, Terry
  • Amon, Ean
  • Brekken, Ted
  • Phillips, Reo
• Publication Date: 2013-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 47-54
• Serial:
  • Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Marine Technology Society
  • ISSN: 0025-3324
  • Serial URL: http://ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buoys; Data collection; Electric power generation; Environmental monitoring; Wave measurement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wave energy
• Geographic Terms: Newport (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01478771
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 18 2013 8:51AM