SuperGen UK Centre for Marine Energy Research Annual Assembly

Rolle Building, Plymouth University - 29th October 2012

• 09.15 SuperGen 3 UK Centre for Marine Energy Research
  • Prof. Ian Bryden

Arrays, Upscaling and Network Interaction

• 09.45 Modelling Wave Energy Converter Arrays
  • Dr. Matt Folley
• 10.00 Optimisation of Large Scale Tidal Stream Energy Farms
  • Prof. Michael Belmont
• 10.15 State-Space and System Identification Modelling of the Wave-to-Wire Response of Up-scaled Arrays
  • Dr. David Forehand
    • Associated Videos:
    • Time-Domain Simulation of Four Buoys
    • Time-Domain Free-Surfaces
    • Arrays of Other Collector Forms

Foundations, Seabed and Moorings

• 11.00 Interactions of Flow, Tidal Stream Turbines and Local Sediment Bed Under Combined Waves and Tidal Conditions (INSTRON)
  • Prof. Ping Dong
• 11.15 Moorings and Reliability – Field and Service Simulation Testing
  • Dr. Lars Johanning
    • Associated Videos:
    • Dynamic Marine Power Cables
    • Dynamic Marine Component Test Rig (DMaC)
    • Shackle Test: Maximum Load
    • Shackle Test: Fatigue Loading

Devices, PTOs and Reliability

• 11.30 Devices, Power Take Off and Reliability
  • Cameron Johnstone
• 11.45 Increasing the Life of Marine Turbines by Design and Innovation
  • Michael Corsar

Extremes, Structural Loading and Survival

• 13.30 Extremes
  • Prof. Paul Taylor
• 13.45 Modelling Marine Renewable Energy Devices: Designing for Survivability
  • Dr. Johannes Spinneken
    • Associated Videos:
    • Violent Wave Interaction with a Structure
• 14.00 The Effects of Realistic Tidal Flows on the Performance and Structural Integrity of Tidal Stream Turbines
  • Prof. T O'Doherty
    • Associated Videos:
    • Model Tidal Turbine CFD Simulation
    • FSI Coupled Modelling
    • FSI Coupling – Wrong Structure or Material
• 14.15 X-MED: Extreme Loading of Marine Energy Devices Due to Waves, Currents, Flotsam and Mammal Impact
  • Prof. Peter Stansby

Environmental Interaction and NERC Programmes

• 14.30 TERAWATT - A Collaborative Research Project Funded Under the EPSRC Grand Challenge.
  • Prof. Jon Side
• 14.45 Large Scale Interactive Coupled Modelling of Environmental Impacts of Marine Renewable Energy Farms.
  • Dr. Bjorn Elsaesser
• 15.00 Optimising Array Form for Energy Extraction and Environmental Benefit (EBAO)
  • Prof. Ian Bryden
• 15.15 Understanding How Marine Renewable Device Operations Influences Fine Scale Habitat Use And Behaviour Of Marine Vertebrates
  • Dr. David Thompson
• 15.45 QBEX – Quantifying benefits and impacts of fishing exclusion zones around Marine Renewable Energy Installations
  • Dr. Stephen Cotterell

Capacity Building, Internationalisation, Infrastructure

• 16.30 Doctoral Training Programme and IDCORE
  • Prof. David Ingram
• 16.45 SuperGen Marine National & International Engagement
  • Henry Jeffrey
• COAST Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport Laboratory
  • Prof. Deborah Greaves
    • Associated Videos:
    • Coastal Basin
    • Ocean Basin
    • Extreme Waves Impacting a Buoy
• 17.15 FloWave TT and the University of Edinburgh
  • Prof. Ian Bryden
    • Associated Videos:
    • Spreading Waves
    • Linear Waves 1
    • Linear Waves 2

Guest Presentations

• 17.30 IEA International Vision
  • Tony Lewis
• 17.45 SOWFIA Streamlining of Wave Farms Impact Assessment
  • Prof. Deborah Greaves
• 18.00 SI OCEAN: Strategic Initiative for Ocean Energy
  • Skye Holcombe Henley

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