Tim Tschetter – AHERC Intern August 2014 Alaska Center for Energy and Power Wave Energy Resource Assessment & Multibeam Sonar Training 1 Internship Recap
Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 2 Diesel generators supply 100% of electricity Average cost of electricity is $0.60/kWh
Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 3 Resolute Marine Energy holds a FERC permit for Yakutat Shown here is a prototype of their wave energy converter This technology is pre- commercial
Phase 1) ADCP Wave Data Acquisition Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 4
Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 5 H sig (m)
► Phase 2) Wave modeling with Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 6 Waves change height and direction due to changes in water depth Modeling waves to find optimum placement of the wave energy converters to: Maximize energy recovery Minimize risk of damage to converters
Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 7 Purple = Extent of NOAA’s existing bathymetric surveys (outside Yakutat Bay) White box = Approximate extent of Resolute Marine’s FERC permit
Yakutat Wave Energy Assessment 8 Preliminary 1D results Using linear bottom slope ADCP data is used for offshore boundary condition
► During spring of 2013, AHERC acquired a Reson Seabat Multibeam Sonar Multibeam Training 9
Multibeam Training 10
Multibeam Training 11
Multibeam Training 12
Thank you to Jeremy Kasper, the AHERC team, and all of ACEP for supporting me during this internship. 13