TY - RPRT
TI - SuperGen Phase One Monograph
AU - SuperGen UK Centre for Marine Energy Research (UKCMER)
AB - The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Sustainable Power Generation and Supply (SuperGen) programme is the flagship research initiative shaping the future of the United Kingdom’s energy landscape. The first of a total of 13 consortia were launched in October 2003. The mission of these consortia is to establish a platform for the development of new and improved devices for efficient and sustainable power generation and supply. The research of the Marine Energy Consortium focuses on the potential for future exploitation of the marine energy resource. SuperGen Marine Phase 1 (October 2003 – September 2007) brought together research staff from the Universities of Edinburgh, Robert Gordon, Lancaster, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde. Together they undertook generic research with the following long-term objectives. To:Increase knowledge and understanding of the extraction of energy from the sea;Reduce risk and uncertainty for stakeholders in the development and deployment of technology;Enable progression of marine technology and energy into true positions in future energy portfolios.In order to meet these objectives, thirteen research work packages (WPs) were undertaken:WP1 Appraisal of Energy Resource & Converters: Environmental InteractionWP2 Development of Methodologies for Device Evaluation and OptimisationWP3 Engineering GuidanceWP4 Offshore Energy Conversion and Power ConditioningWP5 Chemical Conversion and StorageWP6 Network Interaction of Marine EnergyWP7 Lifetime EconomicsWP8 Moorings and FoundationsWP9 Novel Control Systems for Marine Energy ConvertersWP10 Full-scale Field ValidationWP11 Assessment of Testing Procedures for Tidal Current DevicesWP12 Economic, Environmental and Social Impact of New Marine TechnologiesWP13 Dissemination and OutreachThe Marine consortium secured continuation funding for Phase 2, supporting a further four years research from October 2007, and this now brings together staff from the Universities of Edinburgh, Queens Belfast, Lancaster, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde. There are ten work streams (WSs), all of which are scheduled to be completed by October 2011.WS1 Numerical and physical convergenceWS2 Optimisation of collector form and responseWS3 Combined wave and tidal effectsWS4 Arrays, wakes and near field effectsWS5 Power take-off and conditioningWS6 Moorings and positioningWS7 Advanced control of devices and network integrationWS8 ReliabilityWS9 Economic analysis of variability and penetrationWS10 Dissemination of resultsTwo additional programmes have been funded in parallel with the core work streams in Phase 2. The first is a Doctoral Training Programme providing for eighteen PhD studentships across the six named universities and at an additional six affiliate universities active in marine renewable research. The second additional programme is the study of the ecological consequences of tidal and wave energy conversion.The document consists of five sections and contains three appendices. Section 2 contains detailed discussion of Phase 1, spanning the research effort undertaken in the first four years of the programme. The aims of the future research in Phase 2 are presented in section 3. The two additional programmes associated with Phase 2 are summarised in sections 4 and 5. Details of the individuals involved in the programme, abstracts of the research outputs from Phase 1 grouped by work package, and then alphabetically, are contained in the appendices.Other SuperGen Monographs:SuperGen Monograph Phase 2SuperGen Monograph Phase 3
DA - 2007/10//
PY - 2007
SP - 74
PB - University of Edinburgh
UR - https://www.supergen-marine.org.uk/sites/supergen-marine.org.uk/files/publications/supergen_2007_monograph.pdf
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
ER -