Product / Service
Planning, monitoring and support of test campaigns in laboratory and open sea [TRL3-6] for wave, tidal, wind and cross-cutting offshore renewable energy installations.
Main Contact: Eider Robles
Subproducts
Description
Experimental and numerical (CFD/BEM) tests of fluid-structure interaction in the 2D wave flume (both experimental and numerical).
Projects / PhD Thesis
- MATHEO– Matemáticas Inteligentes para Eólica Offshore
Publications
Description
Development of geological cartographies of the seabed, structural studies of the rocky bottom, analysis of underwater geological risks and integration of data in geographic information systems.
Projects / PhD Thesis
- MATHEO– Matemáticas Inteligentes para Eólica Offshore
- Investigación de la geología del fondo marino de la CAPV (Contrato financiado por EVE)
Description
- Dynamic tests in Hardware in the Loop (HIL) test-beds
- Experimental validation of the design and modelling of generator, power electronics and control strategies in laboratory realistic environment
Projects / PhD Thesis
- MARINET2– Leading access to Marine Research Facilities
- OPERA – Sea Operating Experience to Reduce Wave Energy Cost
Publications
- A Recursive Refining Approach to Design the Control of Wave Energy Converters with Numerical Modeling and Scaled HIL testing (DOI: 10.3390/en13102508)
- Sea trial results of a predictive algorithm at the Mutriku Wave power plant and controllers assessment based on a detailed plant model (DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.129 )
- On intermediate-scale open-sea experimental activities on floating offshore structures: feasibility and application on a spar support for offshore wind turbines
- Open Sea Operating Experience to Avoid Repeating Early Engineering Mistakes in Wave Energy
- S. Armstrong, J. Rea, F.-X. Faÿ, and E. Robles, ‘Lessons learned using electrical research test infrastructures to address the electrical challenges faced by ocean energy developers’, International Journal of Marine Energy, vol. 12, pp. 46–62, Dec. 2015
Resources
- Electrical PTO Lab
- Fully equipped laboratory for the design, assembly and measurement of power
- More equipment here
Description
Corrosion assessment services and RTD projects including both field and lab research, corrosion, bio-fouling and mechanical degradation testing, inspection, monitoring and failure analysis, with both indoor labs and ocean corrosion expositions sites, both on-shore and off-shore.
Projects / PhD Thesis
- MARINET2– Leading access to Marine Research Facilities
- HARSHLAB
Publications
- On intermediate-scale open-sea experimental activities on floating offshore structures: feasibility and application on a spar support for offshore wind turbines
- Open Sea Operating Experience to Avoid Repeating Early Engineering Mistakes in Wave Energy
Resources
Description
Development and experimental validation of prototypes of new mechanical systems.
Projects / PhD Thesis
- Desarrollo de un robot paralelo para operaciones mecánicas sobre superficies curvas complejas (Bizkaitek 2004)
Publications
- A robot for non-destructive testing weld inspection of offshore mooring chains. A. Hernández, O. Altuzarra, V. Petuya, Ch. Pinto, E. Amezua. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 15, 2018
- Small scale experimental validation of a numerical model of the HarshLab2.0 floating platform coupled with a non-linear lumped mass catenary mooring system. I. Touzon; V. Nava; Z. Gao; I. Mendikoa; V. Petuya. Ocean Engineering 200, 2020