Low-pressure turbines and control equipment for wave energy converters

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: JOR3971031

Project closed

Start date 1 December 1997

End date 31 March 1998

Funded under

• Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Löwenmark Consulting Engineers, F.R.I. by E. Friis-Madsen Aps.
Denmark

Objective

The intended research project will develop and test low pressure water turbines suitable for use in offshore wave energy converters (WEC). The turbines and the electric/hydraulic control systems will be optimised for use in the Wave Dragon - a 4 MW offshore WEC of the slack moored run-up type. Wave Dragon developed by the prime proposal, and the international patent application for this WEC were published in 1996. Low pressure turbines like the Ossberger cross-flow type and the Kaplan-propeller types have been commercial for a long time The existing turbines and the control equipment are nevertheless not suitable for use in WEC's, as pressure and water flow are strongly and rapidly fluctuating in offshore WEC's. The project will use computer modelling and large scale tank test of a simplified model of the Wave Dragon with working scale model turbines on board. These tests will be conducted at and by the Danish Maritime Institute. Development of turbines suitable for WEC's is a necessary step in the process of commercialising big offshore renewable enelgy plants like the Wave Dragon and thereby harness the vast energy resources in the European waters and in the oceans many places in the world, where the average power levels is high. Values of 70 kW wave-power pr. meter is not unusual !

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › hydroelectricity › marine energy › wave power

Programme(s)

• FP4-NNE-JOULE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 030801 - R&D tasks in energy storage and further options

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

EAW - Exploratory awards

Coordinator

Löwenmark Consulting Engineers, F.R.I. by E. Friis-Madsen Aps.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 4,Blegdamsvej 4 ; 2200 Copenhagen ; Denmark
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

Ossberger - Turbinenfabrik GmbH. & Co.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 7,Otto-Rieder-Strasse 7 ; 91781 Weissenburg
• Total cost: No data