Description du projet
Résoudre les défis qui se posent à l’énergie houlomotrice
L’exploitation de l’immense puissance des vagues océaniques pose divers défis au secteur de l’énergie houlomotrice. L’absence d’une technologie prédominante de prise de force (PTO) constitue l’un d’entre eux. Cette situation s’est révélée un obstacle majeur au progrès et a entravé la mise en place d’une chaîne d’approvisionnement dédiée. Les systèmes d’énergie houlomotrice exigent des performances et une fiabilité qui dépassent les capacités des composants généralement disponibles sur le marché d’autres secteurs. Dans ce contexte, le projet SEA-TITAN, financé par l’UE, entend transformer le paysage de l’énergie houlomotrice. En concevant, construisant, testant et validant une solution innovante et transversale de PTO à entraînement direct, le projet améliorera le prototype de PTO Wedge Global W200 existant, en augmentant sa densité de force spécifique et son efficacité afin d’accroître de manière considérable la capture d’énergie.
Objectif
The SEA-TITAN project aims at making a step change in the wave energy sector by designing, building, testing and validating a crosscutting and innovative Direct Drive Power Take-Off (PTO) solution to be used with multiple types of wave energy converter. The design will be based on the existing Wedge Global W200 PTO prototype and will focus on augmenting its specific force density and efficiency to levels which can significantly increase the energy capture in many types of Wave Energy Converters. These enhancements will also solve one of the key issues with WEC PTO systems, namely achieving sufficiently high peak force to limit hitting end-stops during large waves whilst maintaining high efficiency and low cost for the average wave case.
The performance and reliability demanded by wave energy systems exceeds the normal capabilities of commercial, off the shelf components commonly used in other industries. In the few cases where they are suitable, the costs often prove prohibitive. In addition, the lack of predominant PTO technology is causing a barrier to establishing a dedicated supply chain.
Currently each original equipment manufacturer system has different requirements, and pursuing the development of bespoke components not only limits the utility of the end product but also multiplies the development costs.
The objective of SEA TITAN proposal is to break this practice and to develop an optimized crosscutting power take-off based on the existing switched reluctance linear generator from Wedge Global with application to multiple systems through collaboration with multiple wave energy developers and an industrial partner with a strong track record on technology. In addition this proposal aims to offer the developed technology open source to promote update and accelerate innovation.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
35017 LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.