BSI PD IEC/TS 62600-200:2013
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Marine energy. Wave, tidal and other water current converters – Electricity producing tidal energy converters. Power performance assessment
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2013 | 56 |
IEC/TS 62600-200:2013(E) provides the following items: – a systematic methodology for evaluating the power performance of tidal current energy converters (TECs) that produce electricity for utility scale and localized grids; – a definition of TEC rated power and rated water velocity; – a methodology for the production of the power curves for the TECs in consideration; – a framework for the reporting of results.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | CONTENTS |
| 7 | FOREWORD |
| 9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 10 | 3 Terms and definitions |
| 11 | Figures Figure 1 – Equivalent diameter calculations for various TEC projected capture areas |
| 14 | 4 Symbols, units and abbreviations 4.1 Symbols and units |
| 15 | 4.2 Abbreviations |
| 16 | 5 Site and test conditions 5.1 General 5.2 Bathymetry 5.3 Flow conditions |
| 17 | 5.4 TEC test site constraints |
| 18 | 5.5 External constraints 6 Tidal energy converter (TEC) description 6.1 General 6.2 Operational parameters 7 Test equipment 7.1 Electric power measurement |
| 19 | 7.2 Tidal current measurement |
| 20 | 7.3 Data acquisition 8 Measurement procedures 8.1 General 8.2 Operational status |
| 21 | 8.3 Data collection 8.4 Instrument calibration 8.5 Data processing |
| 22 | 8.6 Averaging 8.7 Test data properties 8.8 Electric power measurement 8.8.1 Output terminals of the TEC |
| 23 | 8.8.2 The power measurement location 8.8.3 Remote TEC sub-systems 8.8.4 Power measurements 8.9 Incident resource measurement 8.9.1 Current profiler placement relative to TEC |
| 25 | Figure 2 – Orientation A for current profiler deployment (plan view) Figure 3 – Orientation A for current profiler deployment (section view) |
| 26 | Figure 4 – Orientation B for current profiler deployment (plan view) Figure 5 – Orientation B for current profiler deployment (section view) |
| 27 | 8.9.2 Contribution from turbulence 8.9.3 Contribution from waves Figure 6 – Orientation for floating TEC current profiler deployment (plan view) |
| 28 | 9 Derived results 9.1 General 9.1.1 Introductory remarks 9.1.2 Water density 9.2 Data processing 9.2.1 Filtering 9.2.2 Exclusion 9.2.3 Correction 9.3 Calculation of the power curve 9.3.1 Method of bins |
| 29 | 9.3.2 Detailed description of method of bins |
| 30 | Figure 7 – The vertical variation of tidal current across the projected capture area |
| 32 | 9.3.3 Interpolation 9.3.4 Extrapolation 9.3.5 Uncertainty calculation 9.4 Mean tidal current velocity vertical shear profile |
| 33 | 9.5 RMS fluctuating tidal current velocity |
| 34 | 9.6 Tidal ellipse at hub height |
| 35 | 9.7 Calculation of the TEC overall efficiency 9.8 TEC annual energy production (TEC AEP) |
| 36 | 10 Reporting format 10.1 General 10.2 TEC report 10.3 TEC test site report |
| 38 | Figure 8 – Example tidal ellipse plot identifying principal ebb and flood directions |
| 39 | 10.4 Electrical grid and load report 10.5 Test equipment report Figure 9 – Example plot of the channel cross-sectional area consumed by the TEC on plane perpendicular to principal flow direction (plan and section view) |
| 40 | 10.6 Measurement procedure report 10.7 Presentation of measured data Figure 10 – Example scatter plot of performance data |
| 41 | Figure 11 – Example plot of the mean tidal current velocity vertical shear(mean velocity shear) profile Tables Table 1 – Example presentation of the mean tidal current velocity vertical shear (mean velocity shear) data |
| 42 | 10.8 Presentation of the power curve Table 2 – Example presentation of the RMS fluctuating tidal current velocityat hub height |
| 43 | Figure 12 – Example presentation of the power curve Table 3 – Example presentation of the power curve data |
| 44 | Figure 13 – Example presentation of the power curve with uncertainty bars Figure 14 – Example presentation of the power curve showing excluded data points |
| 45 | 10.9 Presentation of the TEC overall efficiency Table 4 – Example presentation of the TEC overall efficiency |
| 46 | 10.10 Uncertainty assumptions 10.11 Deviations from the procedure Figure 15 – Example presentation of the TEC overall efficiency curve |
| 47 | Annex A (normative) Categories of error Table A.1 – List of uncertainty parameters to be included in the uncertainty analysis |
| 49 | Annex B (informative) Uncertainty case study |
| 50 | Annex C (informative) Calculation of TEC annual energy production |
| 52 | Table C.1 – Example presentation of annual energy production (flood tide shown) |
| 53 | Annex D (informative) Wave measurement |
