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Reference Number
T/06/00237/00/00
Title
Novel Moored Tidal Stream Generating Equipment
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Renewable Energy Sources (Ocean Energy)
Research Types
Applied Research and Development
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Principal Investigator
Mr R Manchester
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
DTI
Start Date
23 May 2005
End Date
28 February 2008
Duration
33 months
Total Grant Value
£4,463,000
Industrial Sectors
Power
Region
North East
Programme
TIDAL
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Objectives
To conduct an environmental impact assessment of the TidEI generator. To design, assemble and install a full scale 1MW rated TidEI equipment. To operate the equipment for up to 12 months including a winter period. To develop and evaluate installation, maintenance and decommissioning techniques. To prove the economic viability of TidEI.
Abstract
SMD Hydrovision (SMDH) is a company with over 30 years experience designing subsea machinery and has developed the TidEI concept to exploit this resource.TidEI consists of a pair of turbine/generators that are fixed together by a cross beam and secured to the seabed using a novel mooring system.It is planned in this project to install a 1MW TidEI device at the EMEC facility off Eday in the Orkney Isles in 2006, where it will be subject to extensive testing over a prolonged period.
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