Sandia National Laboratories – Marine Energy Converter Assessment Software
Software support capabilities:
- MHKit
- CACTUS
- WEC-SIM (Not available for RFTS 3)
- WECOptTool
- WDRT
- DTOcean
- SNL-SWAN
- SNL-Delft3D-CEC
- SNL-ESSC
- Paracousti
- Technology Performance Level
Description
The Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office has funded development or augmentation of numerous modeling tools to specifically address Marine Energy (ME) challenges that hinder the sector’s technical and overall advancement. One of the tools, DTOcean, was co-developed with several international partners. The modeling tools listed below can support technology development, control and design, resource characterization, and environmental compliance.
Software support capabilities and Points of Contact:
- MHKit – Kelley Ruehl, Sterling Olson
- CACTUS – Vince Neary
- WEC-SIM (Not available for RFTS 3)
- WECOptTool – Ryan Coe, Giorgio Bacelli
- WDRT – Ryan Coe, Giorgio Bacelli
- DTOcean – Jesse Roberts, Sterling Olsen
- SNL-SWAN – Jesse Roberts, Chris Chartrand
- SNL-Delft3D-CEC – Jesse Roberts, Chris Chartrand
- SNL-ESSC – Kelley Ruehl, Sterling Olson
- Paracousti – Jesse Roberts, Leiph Preston
- Technology Performance Level – Jesse Roberts, Dominic Forbush
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