ELASTMOOR - Elastic mooring systems for wave energy converters
Research Project, 2017
– 2020
The project aims to improve the knowledge of using elastic mooring lines for wave energy applications. It will be achieved by collecting data from (i) laboratory testing of rubber, polyester and nylon lines, and of the coupled system of mooring and floater in an ocean basin test, and (ii) full-scale field tests of Waves4Power’s wave energy converter. A taut spread mooring configuration designed by Seaflex is used by Waves4Power. The results from the laboratory tests will be used for (iii) full-scale field tests of a mooring made of rubber, polyester and nylon lines to be conducted in Portugal, and (iv) the development of constitutive models which will be implemented in an in-house mooring dynamics numerical model. The simulation tool will be used to analyse the durability of mooring systems. Reliability analysis will be used to consider the statistical variability in parameters that have an influence on fatigue life.
Participants
Jonas Ringsberg (contact)
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Marine Technology
Erland Johnson
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Marine Technology
Johannes Palm
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Marine Technology
Shun-Han Yang
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Marine Technology
Collaborations
Instituto Superior Tecnico
Lisboa, Portugal
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Göteborg, Sweden
Seaflex AB
Umeå, Sweden
Waves4Power AB
Västra Frölunda, Sweden
Funding
Swedish Energy Agency
Project ID: 43995-1
Funding Chalmers participation during 2017–2020
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Energy
Areas of Advance
Basic sciences
Roots
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Driving Forces
Materials Science
Areas of Advance