SuperGen Marine Energy Annual Assembly
Pollock Halls, Edinburgh - 18th November 2009

• 10.00 Welcome and Overview
  • Prof. Robin Wallace

Onshore Testing and Modelling

• 10.15 A Novel Laser Wave Gauge
  • Dr. Gregory Payne
    • Associated Videos:
    • Beam close up
    • Beam far out
    • Image processing
    • Rig calibration
    • Conductivity wave gauge calibration
• 10.30 Numerical Modelling Beyond Colours For Directors
  • Dr. Gareth Gretton
    • Associated Videos:
    • Vertical axis turbine (145MB)
    • Wave maker
• 10.45 The Trondheim Five
  • Brian Linfoot
    • Associated Videos:
    • Response amplitude operator test
    • OrcaFlex simulation
• 11.00 Metamorphosis: The Evolution of Form
  • Dr. Andy McCabe
• 11.15 Measuring Wave Fields
  • Brian Sellar
    • Associated Videos:
    • Curved tank tests
    • Feasibility study 1
    • Feasibility study 2
    • Feasibility study 3

Offshore Testing

• 12.00 Large Scale Testing & Resource Assessment
  • Prof. Trevor Whittaker
• 12.15 Exploitable Nearshore Wave Resource
  • Dr. Matt Folley
• 12.30 Characterising the Tidal Resource
  • Dr. Scott Couch

Generators, Control and Networks

• 14.30 Time Domain Modelling of Array Interaction
  • Dr. David Forehand
    • Associated Videos:
    • Two cylinder interactions
• 14.45 Exploitable Nearshore Wave Resource
  • Dr. Matt Stables
• 15.00 Integrated Generator Design
  • Dr. Markus Mueller

Environment, Economics and Lifetime

• 15.30 Marine Energy Converters: Will They Affect Inshore Ecosystems
  • Dr. Louise Kregting
• 15.45 Predicting and Measuring the Effects of Energy Removal on a Wave Exposed Shore
  • Prof. Jon Side
• 16.00 Reliability Assessment of Tidal Stream Turbines
  • Dr. Dimitry Val
• 16.15 Micro- and Macroeconomic Analysis for Marine Energy
  • Dr. Grant Allan

Capacity Building and Internationalisation

• 16.30 Capacity Building
  • Prof. David Ingram
    • Associated Videos:
    • DTP Photo slideshow (61MB)
• 16.40 Internationalisation
  • Henry Jeffrey

• 16.50 Summary and Reflections
  • Prof. Ian Bryden

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