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Triton Field Trials (TFiT) underwater noise - University of New Hampshire Living Bridge turbine Processed Data
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Overview

In July 2021, a commercial-off-the-shelf hydrophone was deployed in a free-drifting configuration to measure underwater acoustic emissions and characterize a 25 kW-rated tidal turbine at the University of New Hampshire's Living Bridge Project in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Sampling methods and analysis were performed in alignment with the recently published IEC 62600-40 Technical Specification for acoustic characterization of marine energy converters. Results from this study indicate acoustic emissions from the turbine were below ambient sound levels and therefore did not have a significant impact on the underwater noise levels of the project site. As a component of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Triton Field Trials (TFiT) described in a paper published in a Special Issue of Journal of Marine Energy Science and Engineering, this study provides a valuable use case for the IEC 62600-40 Technical Specification framework and further recommendations for cost-effective technologies and methods for measuring underwater noise at future current energy converter project sites. The paper can be accessed in the link bellow.

CECHydrokineticLiving Bridge ProjectMHKMarineTFiTacousticacoustic emissionscross flow turbinecurrent energy converterdrifting hydrophoneenergyenvironmentalenvironmental monitoringhydrophonemarine energypowerprocessed dataraw datatidal turbineunderwater noise
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Dcat Issued2021-07-21T06:00:00Z
Dcat Modified2023-06-01T22:52:36Z
Dcat Publisher NamePacific Northwest National Laboratory
Guidhttps://data.openei.org/submissions/8048
Harvest Object Id3752bf16-5d02-4829-837f-6ee756b7c3e2
Harvest Source Id4eb7107f-a2b1-40e3-b36a-8161aa98a56e
Harvest Source TitleOpenEI Data Portal
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Files
  • Raw Data from 7-21-2021.zip

  • Raw Data from 7-23-2021.zip

  • Raw Data from 7-22-2021.zip

  • Processed Data.zip

  • Underwater Noise Measurements around a Tidal Turbine in a Busy Port Setting

  • Sound Pressure Levels along Drifting Tracks.jpg