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Seabed preparation for tidal turbine installation

Présentation

The main objective of GEOCEAN and its partners is to develop a powerful equipment that can operate under extreme conditions to fix tidal turbine foundations in the hard, rocky seabed that is usually found in strong current zones. Existing shovels are power-limited - 75 kW - and operates only in shallow waters - depths up to 20m - under very limited current conditions. The target of this project is to develop a 300 kW machine that would operate under the following conditions:
  • maximum current 5 m.s-1
  • significant swell height up to 3 m, 12 s period
  • minimum sea: 35 m.
Allowing longer work periods, this tool will be a direct contribution to the competitiveness of tidal energy.
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Date de mise en ligne
18/05/2015
Type de document
Retour d'expérience
Nb. de pages
2 P
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Présentation
The main objective of GEOCEAN and its partners is to develop a powerful equipment that can operate under extreme conditions to fix tidal turbine foundations in the hard, rocky seabed that is usually found in strong current zones. Existing shovels are power-limited - 75 kW - and operates only in shallow waters - depths up to 20m - under very limited current conditions. The target of this project is to develop a 300 kW machine that would operate under the following conditions:
  • maximum current 5 m.s-1
  • significant swell height up to 3 m, 12 s period
  • minimum sea: 35 m.
Allowing longer work periods, this tool will be a direct contribution to the competitiveness of tidal energy.

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Caractéristiques
Auteurs
ADEME
Co-auteur(s)
GEOCEAN SA
Public(s)
Monde de la recherche
Type de document
Retour d'expérience
Thématique
Industrie et production durable
Collection
Focus on action
Date d'édition
05/2014
Date de mise en ligne
18/05/2015
Nb. de pages
2 P
Langue
Anglais

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