SuperGen UK Centre for Marine Energy Research Annual Assembly

South Hall Complex, Edinburgh - 28th November 2013

• 09.00  SuperGen 3 UK Centre for Marine Energy Research
  • Prof. Robin Wallace 
     

Extreme Loadings and Survival

• 09.15  The Effects Of Realistic Tidal Flows On The Performance And Structural Integrity Of Tidal Stream Turbines
  • Dr. Allan Mason-Jones 
     
• 09.30  X-MED: Extreme Loading of Marine Energy Devices Due to Waves, Currents, Flotsam and Mammal Impact
  • Dr. Tim Stallard 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • SPH Numerical Wave Tank Video
    • Simulation of Whale-Solid Impact
    • Simulation of Whale-Turbine Impact
• 09.45  Tandem Tidal Turbine Phase 2
  • Prof. Trevor Whittaker 
     
• 10.00  Modelling Marine Renewable Energy Devices: Designing for Survivability
  • Prof. Chris Swan 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Response Of Generic Flap-Type Device
• 10.15  Reducing the Costs of Marine Renewables Via Advanced Structural Materials (ReC-ASM)
  • Prof. Margaret Stack 
     

Arrays and Farms

• 11.00  Optimal Design of Very Large Tidal Stream Farms: for Shallow Estuarine Applications
  • Dr. Mulualem Gebreslassie 
     
• 11.15  Validation of WEC Array Models
  • Dr. Matt Folley 
     
• 11.30  Enhancement, Validation and Application of the Wave-to-Wire Array Model
  • Dr. David Forehand 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Four Buoys in a Regular Wave
    • Three Flaps in a Regular Wave
• 11.45  Devices, Power Take Off and Reliability
  • Cameron Johnstone 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • Tow Tank Testing

Novel Marine Energy Sys., Components and Reliability

• 12.00  STEP-WEC: Step Change for Wave Energy Conversion through Floating Multi-Body Multi-Mode Systems in Swell
  • Prof. Peter Stansby 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • 1:100 Scale 3 Body Wave Device (13MB)
    • 1:10 Scale 3 Body Wave Device in 10cm Waves (27MB)
    • 1:10 Scale 3 Body Wave Device in 25cm Waves (41MB)
• 12.15  Testing Novel Mooring Components
  • Dr. Lars Johanning 
     
    • Associated Videos:
    • University of Exeter Laboratory Tether Testing
    • University of Exeter South West Mooring Test Facility
• 12.30  Increasing the Life of Marine Turbines by Design and Innovation
  • Dr. Anna Young 
     
• 12.45  The Hydrodynamics of Deformable flexible Fabric Structures for Wave Energy Conversion
  • Prof. Deborah Greaves 
     

Environmental Interaction

• 14.00  Interactions of Flow, Tidal Stream Turbines and Local Sediment Bed Under Combined Waves and Tidal Conditions (INSTRON)
  • Prof. Ping Dong 
     
• 14.15  TeraWatt - Assessing the Impact of Multi-Site Arrays on the Physical and Biological Processes over a Wider Region
  • Prof. Jon Side 
     
• 14.30  Large Scale Interactive Coupled Modelling of Environmental Impacts of Marine Renewable Energy Farms (LINC)
  • Dr. Louise Kregting 
     

Environmental Interaction and NERC Programmes

• 14.45  Flow & Benthic Ecology 4D (FLOWBEC)
  • Dr. Paul Bell & Dr. Benjamin Williamson 
     
• 15.00  Understanding how Marine Renewable Device Operations Influences Fine Scale Habitat Use and Behaviour Of Marine Vertebrates (RESPONSE)
  • Dr. David Thompson 
     

Capacity Building, Outreach and Internationalisation

• 15.45  Doctoral Training Programme
  • Prof. Markus Mueller 
     
• 16.00  SuperGen Marine National & International Engagement
  • Henry Jeffrey 
     

Guest Presentations

• 16.15  Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
  • Dr. Paul Ellsmore 
     
• 16.30  MARINET: The Network for Marine Renewable Energy R&D
  • Prof. Tony Lewis 
     

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