Overview and Operations Review
A summary of the reports contained within the 5 work packages of Project Secure.
The PELs suite of simulation programs was continuously developed by PWP over the 17 year lifetime of the project. The programs use a variety of formulations adaptable to the task at hand, with respect to the computational effort and levels of detail required for modelling rigid bodies connected by a controlled joint.
This report discusses the following topics:
Tank testing was used to validate the models, and this is covered in the Tank Testing section of this project.
A main summary report as well as supplementary reports are available to download here
Additional reports, documents and data files referenced here may not be publicly available.
Project Keywords: Simulation, Modelling, Survival, Power, Testing, Attenuator, Control, Lessons Learnt, Pelamis Wave Power, PTO
A summary of the reports contained within the 5 work packages of Project Secure.
Details of the tank testing of scale models carried out during their extensive R&D work
Set of reports detailing the sophisticated hydraulic power take off system used in the large scale Pelamis prototypes
Detailed reports on the mooring and connection system designed by Pelamis for their large scale prototypes
Conclusions and recommendations are given based on the Pelamis cost of energy modelling
A summary of the reports contained within the 5 work packages of Project Secure.
Set of reports detailing the sophisticated hydraulic power take off system used in the large scale Pelamis prototypes
Detailed reports on the mooring and connection system designed by Pelamis for their large scale prototypes
Conclusions and recommendations are given based on the Pelamis cost of energy modelling
Breakdown of build costs for key components within the Pelamis P2 wave energy converter, procured and built in 2010/2011.
Detailed breakdown of component costs within the PTO system of the Pelamis P2 machine procured in 2010, and tested over a number of years at EMEC.
The Pelamis machine included a novel system allowing rapid connect/disconnect from both the mooring system and electrical cable simultaneously. Cost breakdown for this system is given.
NWEC stage 1 project summary report for the Quoceant Automatically Inflatable and Stowable Volume (AISV) project. Includes a description of the technology, scope of work, achievements and recommendations for further work.
SMMP stage 1 project summary report for the Quoceant Advanced Concrete Engineering ‐ WEC (ACE‐WEC) project. Includes a description of the technology, scope of work, achievements and recommendations for further work.
This additional Controls documentation provides a condensed background description of Power Take Off modelling requirements, and Power Take Off specifications for control systems developers.
A summary of the Q-Connect technology, and the scope of work, outcomes, and next steps for development that were identified during Stage 1.
A summary of the Q-Connect technology, and the scope of work, outcomes, and next steps for development that were identified during Stage 2.