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Oscylator-4 Energy Converter St. Clair River Installation Data 2016

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Data collected during the 2016 St. Clair River installation of the Oscylator-4 energy converter.

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  • Cylinder 1 Characterization - C1 is 0.00C2.xlsx

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DOI 10.15473/1415582
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/7911
issued 2016-07-20T06:00:00Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "3-D converter",
  "CEC",
  "Clair River",
  "FISH-MHK",
  "FISH-VIVACE",
  "Hydrokinetic",
  "MHK",
  "Marine",
  "Michigan",
  "Port Huron",
  "St. Clair River",
  "VIV",
  "VIVACE",
  "Vortex",
  "Vortex Hydro Energy",
  "body",
  "buoyancy",
  "converter",
  "coulomb",
  "current",
  "current energy",
  "cylinder",
  "damping",
  "data",
  "deployment",
  "dynamic",
  "energy",
  "field test",
  "fish",
  "friction",
  "installation",
  "modeling",
  "ocean",
  "oscylator",
  "oscylator-4",
  "power",
  "river",
  "school",
  "school of fish",
  "shaped",
  "simulation",
  "synergistic kinematics",
  "technology",
  "test",
  "torque",
  "transformative",
  "vortex induced vibrations"
]
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license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2020-06-30T21:38:04Z
programCode 
                                            [
  "019:009"
]
projectLead Gary Nowakowski
projectNumber EE0006780
projectTitle Current Energy Harnessing using Synergistic Kinematics of Schools of Fish-Shaped Bodies
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Vortex Hydro Energy",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
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title Oscylator-4 Energy Converter St. Clair River Installation Data 2016

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