Award Number: DE-EE0008631, CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, Water Power Technologies Office, Location(s): OR, Office(s): Golden Field Office
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May 8, 2019
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Award Number: DE-EE0008631
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Water Power Technologies Office
Location(s): OR
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Portland State University (PSU) to design, develop, fabricate and test a novel magnetic power take-off (mPTO) for resonance power generation in wave energy converters (WEC). Components for either a linear mPTO or a rotary mPTO would be developed, as well as conjugate controllers for each prototype device. As the project progresses a decision would then be made whether to develop a linear or a rotary mPTO scale prototype device. Water tank testing would then be performed to verify the performance of the mPTO prototype. The project would be completed over two Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.