Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO)
NREL Researcher Scott Carpenter and Virginia Tech Researcher Xiaofan Li Test 10kW Power Take-Off (PTO) System
August 14, 2019 - NREL researcher Scott Carpenter and Virginia Tech researcher Xiaofan Li test a 10kW Power Take-Off (PTO) system designed for a wave energy converter on the 2.5 MW dynamometer at NREL's Flatirons Campus. A specially designed gearbox using an MMR (Mechancial Motion Rectifier) mechanism is capable of rectifying the bi-direction input into uni-direction to drive the generator. The researchers are performing a system characterization test to determine the dynamic performance of the PTO and identify some unknown parameters. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
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NREL Researcher Scott Carpenter and Virginia Tech Researcher Xiaofan Li Test 10kW Power Take-Off (PTO) System
August 14, 2019 - NREL researcher Scott Carpenter and Virginia Tech researcher Xiaofan Li test a 10kW Power Take-Off (PTO) system designed for a wave energy converter on the 2.5 MW dynamometer at NREL's Flatirons Campus. A specially designed gearbox using an MMR (Mechancial Motion Rectifier) mechanism is capable of rectifying the bi-direction input into uni-direction to drive the generator. The researchers are performing a system characterization test to determine the dynamic performance of the PTO and identify some unknown parameters. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
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