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CFD-Populated Empirical Turbine Wake Model
News Article, February 24, 2015 • The DTOcean team is developing a fast-running, easy to use current-energy capture (CEC) array spacing tool that considers tidal array performance vs efficiency. In support of this effort, Sandia has been assisting in developing the device wake modeling submodule that determines a tidal turbine’s wake properties (i.e., wake growth and dissipation)....

Evaluating Powerful Batteries for Modular Electric Grid Energy Storage
News Article, December 12, 2014 • Sandia has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad. (Photo by David Rosewater) Sandia has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage (ES) system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad. Project lead David...

Final FY14 Measurement Campaign in Roza Canal, Yakima, Washington
News Article, December 4, 2014 • Uncertainty exists regarding the effects on local water operations of deploying a current energy converter (CEC) turbine in an irrigation canal for the purposes of producing electricity via the canal's flowing water. Budi Gunawan and Guild Copeland and Derek Belka joined a team from the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)...

Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Funding Awarded for Feasibility Study
News Article, July 23, 2015 • Sandia and San Francisco’s Red and White Fleet are partnering to develop a high-speed, hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered passenger ferry and refueling station. Hydrogen fuel cells have higher energy efficiency than the diesel engines that power most passenger ferries, no harmful exhaust emissions, quiet operation, and no risk of fuel spills. (Photo courtesy...

Sandia Modifies Delft3D Turbine Model
News Article, July 29, 2015 • Delft3D is a state-of-the-art, open-source hydrodynamics software suite capable of modeling hydrodynam­ics, sediment transport, and water quality in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal environments. Delft3D was developed by the Dutch company, Deltares. Because it is actively developed and maintained and because it is held in high regard by researchers and...