Systems Engineering applied to the development of a Wave Energy Farm

Diana Bull (1) , Jesse Roberts (1) , Robert Malins (1) , Aurélien Babarit (2) , Jochem Weber (3) , Katherine Dykes (3) , Kim Nielsen (4) , Claudio Bittencourt-Ferreira (5) , Ronan Costello (6) , Ben Kennedy (6)

1 SNL - Sandia National Laboratories [Albuquerque]
2 LHEEA - Laboratoire de recherche en Hydrodynamique, Énergétique et Environnement Atmosphérique
3 NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
4 Rambøll Denmark A/S
5 DNV GL
6 Wave-Venture

This paper will introduce the Systems Engineering process utilized by the Structured Innovation team. Following the process this paper will present two key elements derived from the analysis of a success-ful Wave Energy Farm: the capabilities and the functions. The capabilities are the goals of a Wave Energy Farm as determined from a condensed list of the stakeholder needs. The functions are the activities or behav-iors performed by the Wave Energy Farm in order to achieve the capabilities (i.e. the goals). At the framework level, both the functions and the capabilities remain independent of the design and these will be used to devel-op the list of requirements for a WEC in future work.

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Energie électrique

Diana Bull, Jesse Roberts, Robert Malins, Aurélien Babarit, Jochem Weber, et al.. Systems Engineering applied to the development of a Wave Energy Farm. 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, Oct 2016, Lisbonne, Portugal. ⟨hal-01492664⟩