NW National Marine Renewable Energy Center University of Washington http://depts.washington.edu/nnmrec/ Open House for:

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NW National Marine Renewable Energy
CenterUniversity of Washingtonhttp//depts.wash
ington.edu/nnmrec/Open House for NOAA
Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
December 8, 2009
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Benjamin Hall, Room 512, 1-4 PM, Dec 8, 2009

• 100-110 Introductions
• 110-130 Northwest National Marine Renewable
  Energy Center
• Phil Malte, co-Director NNMREC
• Description of NNMREC mission, organization, and
  major research thrusts.
• 130-220 Tidal Energy Status and Trends
• Brian Polagye, Mech Engr
• Overview of the status of the hydrokinetic tidal
  industry, including device tests, tidal energy
  resource distribution in the US, and present
  understanding of environmental risks (30 min
  presentation, 20 min QA).
• 220-230 Break
• 230-300 Tidal Site Characterization Admiralty
  Inlet Instrumentation
• Jim Thomson, APL/CEE
• Description of physical and biological
  environmental characterization work being
  undertaken in Admiralty Inlet including the
  instrumentation deployed, preliminary findings,
  and future plans (15 min presentation, 15 min
  QA).
• 300-330 Tidal Device Modeling
• Alberto Aliseda, Mech Engr
• Description of modeling efforts to describe
  device performance and the hydrodynamic wake
  associated with kinetic power extraction (15 min
  presentation, 15 min QA)
• 330-400 Open Discussion
• 400 Adjourn

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A partnership of OSU and UW to support wave and
tidal energy development

• Oregon State University
• Headquarters and Director
• Focus on Wave Energy
• College of Engineering, Oceanography, Hatfield
  Marine Sciences Center
• University of Washington
• Co-Director
• Focus on Tidal Energy
• Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics
  Laboratory, Oceanography
• Industry Partners
• Snohomish PUD, BioSonics, Sound Sea Technology,
  PNNL, EPRI, PNWER, Verdant Power

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Mission

• The mission of the Center is to advance marine
  energy technology by conducting research on key
  gaps in scientific understanding, educating
  students, facilitating commercialization, and
  informing regulatory decisions.

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UW-NNMREC

• Phil Malte, NNMREC co-Director (Mech Engr)
• Alberto Aliseda, (Mech Engr)
• Brian Fabien, (Mech Engr)
• Mitsuhiro Kawase, (Oceanography)
• Brian Polagye, (Mech Engr)
• Jim Riley, (Mech Engr)
• Jim Thomson, (APL/Civil Envir Engr)
• Mark Tuttle, (Mech Engr, Director FAA Center
  Advanced Materials)
• Graduate Research Assistants
• Kristen Thyng
• Chris Bassett
• Teymour Javaherchi
• Jeffrey Epler
• Moriel Aramgo
• Anderson Ogg

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Area 1 Environmental Effects
B. Polagye (UW-ME), M. Kawase (UW-SO), K. Thyng
(UW-ME)
Tidal range impact of 145 MW plant
M2 amplitude change (mm)
1D Channel Model
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Area 2 Mobile Testing Instrumentation
J. Thomson (UW-APL), B. Polagye (UW-ME)
R/V Jack Robertson

• Field measurements (surveys stationary) to
  inform
• Site developers resource and site
  characteristics
• Device developers device performance
• Regulators near-field effects

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Area 3 Device Array Optimization
A. Aliseda (UW-ME), J. Riley (UW-ME)
Flume (under development) Experimental studies
of device wakes.
R/V Jack Robertson
Computer Cluster Parallel simulations of array
performance.
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Area 4 Reliability/Survivability
M. Tuttle (UW-ME)
Composite materials for use in tidal energy
systems

• Identification of composite materials that
  naturally minimize bio-fouling and corrosion
• Estimation of long-term durability of composites
  and coatings in salt water
• Studies of composite structural design options

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Additional Activities

• FY09 FOAs hydrodynamic and dynamic modeling for
  in-stream turbines, including deep water
  application
• FY09 FOA acoustic effects of hydrokinetics
• FY09 PNNL environmental impact analysis
• FY10 CDP lab and field research
• 2008 feasibility of hydrokinetics for
• constructed waterways
• 2010 feasibility of hydrokinetics for
• Columbia River dams