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

Publications

More information

Project Web Page at Chalmers

https://www.chalmers.se/sv/projekt/Sidor/E...

Latest update

3/28/2018