It includes numerical models of its two surface buoys, a rotating ocean current turbine, and the lines associated with the system. This numeric model of COET's proposed mooring system has been created in OrcaFlex to model static and dynamic effects of the system.
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To investigate this, a numeric model is used to predict the static and dynamic behavior of the mooring system and attachments, quantifying sensitivity of the system's response to parametric variations. Procedia APA BibTeX Chicago EndNote Harvard JSON MLA RIS XML ISO 690 PDF Downloads 1813 References: 1 DNV, Offshore standardposition mooring, DNV-OS-E301 2001. No mooring systems for deepwater hydrokinetic turbines have been constructed, tested and installed therefore little is known about the performance of these moorings. T1 - Modelling mooring line nonlinearities (material and geometric effects) for a wave energy converter using AQWA, SIMA and Orcaflex. This paper presents a methodology for calculating the fatigue life of MSFP.
This mooring system testing platform will be used to evaluate the performance of prototype ocean current turbines including COET's 20 kW turbine that is currently under development. Metallic strips flexible pipe (MSFP) is widely regarded as an alternative for submarine pipelines. In response to Florida's growing energy needs and drive to develop renewable power, Florida Atlantic University's Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) plans to deploy a mooring near the core of the Gulf Stream off southeast Florida's coast.