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{"title": ["", "Mid-stage development of the CCell Wave Energy Converter"], "description": ["", "\nRecent large-scale laboratory tests of the curved Mark 1 CCell paddle and its control system, conducted with TSB funding\n#131499, have demonstrated the predicted four-fold increase in performance to cost ratio compared to other wave energy\ndevices. Preliminary sea trials of components are ongoing and the technology is now ready for mid-stage development to\nbuild a complete system. This project takes lessons learned from Mark 1 system development and incorporates them into a\nMark 2 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) technology package based on the CCell paddle, its control and its foundation\nsystem.\nThe project aims to demonstrate cost-effective performance of an array of CCell paddles. This will be achieved through\noptimisation of the shape of the curved paddle and Power Take Off (PTO) for a wide range of sea conditions. Intelligent\nproactive control algorithms will be developed to maximise power capture in the highly variable conditions that operating\ndevices will experience. Numerical tools developed and validated as part of the preceeding project will be extended to\nstudy interactions between arrays of CCell paddles. Co-operative PTO control strategies will be developed to optimise\narray performance, matching demanded power with generated power and balancing against device loading and\ndegradation. Prototype systems will be constructed and tested both in laboratory conditions and at sea to validate\nconcepts.\nSuccessful completion of the project will bring CCell and associated technology to the pre-commercial stage. Economic\nviability will be established and the barriers preventing the uptake of competitor technology will be removed.\n\n"], "extra_text": ["", "\n\nPotential Impact:\nNational perspective:\nThe project objectives directly address all three aspects of the energy trilemma:\n1) Reducing emissions: The project resides within the Renewable Energy technology challenge area, contributing to the\n2020 and 2050 UK emissions targets.\n2) Improving security of supply: Wave-energy is a reliable, predictable renewable source with high energy density. The\nWorld Energy Council estimates that wave generated power could deliver 2,000 TWh/year, but this will not happen until the\ntechnology achieves large reductions in £/W. Competitors are deploying ever stronger and larger units in an attempt to\nimprove the £/W ratio through scale. Even if successful this limits the applicable sites/markets. CCell improves the £/W\nratio through novel design and will be applicable to a wider range of sites/scales. With 15% of the 2020 estimated 85GW\nUK requirement to be delivered by renewable sources, this project tackles the security of supply issue.\n3) Reducing cost: Research to date suggests our patented curved paddle design will deliver a substantial step change in\nperformance, delivering twice the power for half the cost of alternative Wave Energy Converters. Secondary cost benefits\ninclude ease of manufacture, installation and an extended structural life. CCell has the potential to allow even small scale\n(20-60kW) units to be competitive with conventional energy sources. A pre-commercial system will be delivered by 2018.\nInternational perspective:\nEconomic: CCell delivers a four-fold improvement in £/W, allowing a small unit to be installed at a price of £2.5/W with an\nachievable OPEX cost below £50/MWh. CCell is therefore one of only a few concepts that could make wave energy\neconomically viable within developed nations. In developing nations access to electricity and water are both prerequisites\nto economic growth, and CCell will help to reduce GDP expenditure on these essentials. Currently 80% of the electricity\ngenerated in Pacific and Caribbean countries is sourced from diesel generation, which costs many islands 10% - 30% of\ntheir GDP (~£400M pa), and they are vulnerable to rising fuel costs and global warming. This project addresses a need to\nreplace remote diesel generation with renewable energy, and a suitable market to target initially is the provision of power\nfor sea water desalination plants that use reverse osmosis (RO). The demand for freshwater already outstrips supply and\nthe UN forecast the demand for freshwater will grow by 25% by 2030. Export sales within 4 years will boost UK\nmanufacturing and the supply chain for RO, hydraulic and electrical generation equipment.\nSocial: The provision of reliable and independent electricity generation in developing nations is a prerequisite to\nimprovements in quality of life. By implementing renewable energy generation, there are educational and health benefits to\nbe realised as well as security of supply, such as the transfer of safe engineering practices and the resultant reduction in\ncarbon emissions. In addition, the project supports and promotes renewables research at UoB and future undergraduate\nand PhD research across the UK\nEnvironmental: We estimate the manufacture and installation of a 20kW CCell WEC with RO unit will be create <10 Tonnes\nof CO2, with no CO2 emissions produced during operation. This compares to 62 Tonnes of CO2 per year generated by the\nequivalent power diesel generator (excluding engine manufacture).\nCommercial Private Sector:\nThe results of the research will provide developers and regulators with access to high quality validation data against which\nthey can compare their own results. The research will result in more efficient designs and reduced development time. It will\naccelerate the large scale deployment of wave energy devices and the expansion of the emerging wave energy sector, providing employment and associated economic benefits for technology and design code developers and the supply chain.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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