This project focused on further development of a Numerical Model of the iProTech Pitching Inertial Pump (PIP) wave energy converter (WEC) using the MATLAB/Simulink tool, WEC-Sim. The process involved parameterizing key design variables, running time-domain simulations, and performing sensitivity analyses to determine their impact on power output. The workflow, designed for the PIP device, is generalized and can be extended to optimize other WECs that can be simulated in WEC-Sim. This work establishes a foundation for future time-domain-based WEC design optimizations. Included in this submission are all figures from the final report and the model inputs required to generate them. This includes boundary element method (BEM) models, hydrodynamic coefficients, and the WEC-Sim models used for time-domain analyses. Although data for every single run is not included to save space, all of it can be reproduced using the provided models.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - view all
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Last updated6 days ago
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OverviewBEMHydrokineticMHKMarineMatlabNumerical ModelPIPPitching Inertial PumpTEAMERWECWECSimboundary element method modelsenergyhydrodynamic coefficientsnumerical modelingpowerwave energy converter
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Dcat Issued2026-02-26T07:00:00Z
Dcat Modified2026-03-30T14:32:24Z
Dcat Publisher NameIProTech
Guidhttps://data.openei.org/submissions/8647
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