TY - GEN
T1 - Component test facilities for marine renewable energy converters
AU - Johanning, L.
AU - Thies, P. R.
AU - Smith, George H.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper describes how the PRIMaRE group at University Exeter is engaging in the establishment of appropriate reliability methods suitable for application to marine renewable devices with a key area being the production of suitable failure rate data for the marine renewable energy industry. This activity seeks to mitigate uncertainties and cost implications associated with the reliability assessment of marine energy converters (MECs) due to an omnipresent lack of applicable failure rate data. The capability of two facilities, namely i) the South Western Mooring Test Facility (SWMTF) and ii) the Dynamic Marine Component Test facility (DMaC), to perform specimen and accelerated component testing is discussed. A case study, using data from wave tank tests and numerical simulations performed for the SWMTF, serves to illustrate how evidence of component reliability under operational conditions could be provided.
AB - This paper describes how the PRIMaRE group at University Exeter is engaging in the establishment of appropriate reliability methods suitable for application to marine renewable devices with a key area being the production of suitable failure rate data for the marine renewable energy industry. This activity seeks to mitigate uncertainties and cost implications associated with the reliability assessment of marine energy converters (MECs) due to an omnipresent lack of applicable failure rate data. The capability of two facilities, namely i) the South Western Mooring Test Facility (SWMTF) and ii) the Dynamic Marine Component Test facility (DMaC), to perform specimen and accelerated component testing is discussed. A case study, using data from wave tank tests and numerical simulations performed for the SWMTF, serves to illustrate how evidence of component reliability under operational conditions could be provided.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77956969151
SN - 9781905040704
T3 - RINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects - Marine Renewable and Offshore Wind Energy - Papers
SP - 35
EP - 46
BT - RINA, Royal Institution of Naval Architects - Marine Renewable and Offshore Wind Energy - Papers
T2 - Marine Renewable and Offshore Wind Energy
Y2 - 21 April 2010 through 23 April 2010
ER -
