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Aquantis 2.5 MW Ocean Current Generation Device Design Details

Published by Dehlsen Associates, LLC | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: March 23, 2026 at 09:41 PM | Dataset Last Updated: July 17, 2020 at 08:59 PM
Items in this submission provide the detailed design of the Aquantis Ocean Current Turbine and accompanying analysis documents, including preliminary designs, verification of design reports, CAD drawings of the hydrostatic drivetrain, a test plan and an operating conditions simulation report. This dataset also contains analysis trade off studies of fixed vs. variable pitch and 2 vs. 3 blades.

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DOI 10.15473/1417292
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7754
issued 2015-06-03T06:00:00Z
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  "technology",
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  "turbine",
  "variable pitch"
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license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2020-07-17T20:59:17Z
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projectLead Tim Ramsey
projectNumber EE0003643
projectTitle Aquantis 2.5 MW Ocean Current Generation Device
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title Aquantis 2.5 MW Ocean Current Generation Device Design Details

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