Advanced Marine Renewable Energy - 2019 entry
MODULE TITLE | Advanced Marine Renewable Energy | CREDIT VALUE | 15 |
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MODULE CODE | CSMM404 | MODULE CONVENER | Dr Ian Ashton (Coordinator) |
DURATION: TERM | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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DURATION: WEEKS | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Number of Students Taking Module (anticipated) | 14 |
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In ENE3003, Marine Renewable Energy, students obtain general understanding of resource and engineering aspects in marine renewable energy with a focus on wave and tidal energy.
In this module (CSMM404), students develop an advanced understanding of design and installation requirements for Renewable Energy projects offshore. It covers the fields of i) Hydrodynamics, ii) Offshore Structure Design, iii) Risk and Project Management and iv) Resource Characterisation and Consenting.
Prerequisite module: ENE3003, CSM3361 or equivalent
The aim of the module is to provide the student with an advanced understanding of design and installation requirements within the sector of Marine Renewable Energy. In achieving this level of capability, students will develop competence applying hydrodynamic load calculations to fixed and floating structures, offshore anchoring and modelling methodologies to fixed and floating structures, the implementation of recognised design codes, routinely applied risk and project management skills and required procedures related to the resource characterisation and consenting. Students will develop some competence to computational design tools that are routinely adopted in industry, for analysis and design tasks.
Module Specific Skills and Knowledge:
On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:
- Understand, in detail, resource characterisation for engineering design, servicing and power conversion;
- prepare hydrodynamic load calculations that are fit-for-purpose to support the design of fixed and floating offshore structures;
- competently undertake response analyses of fixed and floating structures;
- design an offshore structure to recognised design codes;
- comprehend offshore risk and project management;
Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge:
- recognise developing technologies related to Marine Renewable Energy;
- use mathematical and computer models applied in the offshore industry and develop an appreciation of their abilities and limitations;
- understand concepts from other offshore engineering disciplines, wider engineering and some areas outside engineering and apply them effectively in marine renewable energy engineering projects;
- apply theoretical principals and computer-based models for solving problems in offshore engineering applications;
- extract data pertinent to an application of offshore installations, using computer based engineering tools when appropriate;
- demonstrate knowledge of design processes and standards required for this installation of an offshore structure;
- understand current practice and its limitations for Marine Renewable Energy, with some appreciation of likely new developments;
- employ offshore engineering management techniques taking account of a range of commercial and industrial constraints.
Personal and Key Transferable/ Employment Skills and Knowledge:
- define a problem and identify constraints including environmental, health and safety and risk assessment issues within the offshore context;
- appreciate offshore management and business practices, and their limitations, and how these may be applied appropriately;
- make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risk;
- show awareness of appropriate codes of practice and industry standards.
- Waves in offshore engineering;
- viscous wave loads;
- wave forces on small and large bodies;
- dynamic response of fixed and floating structures;
- station keeping of fixed and floating structures;
- dynamic mooring analysis tool (OrcaFlex);
- offshore design standards and their application;
- offshore risk and project management;
- Marine operation project management software (Mermaid);
- offshore design process, offshore installation and maintenance process, identify and mange cost drivers;
- Licensing and consenting procedures;
Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities | 40 | Guided Independent Study | 110 | Placement / Study Abroad | 0 |
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Category | Hours of study time | Description |
Lectures with integrated tutorials | 22 | |
Instructional classes on the application of theoretical analysis and use of industrial software | 8 | OrcaFlex, Mermaid |
Guided field work and practical workshop | 4 | Current Flume, boat work (weather permitting) |
Guest lectures | 6 | |
Directed self study | 110 | Background reading, self study |
Directed reading |
Form of Assessment | Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length) | ILOs Assessed | Feedback Method |
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Review of procedures used for fieldwork and practical | 5 pages | 5, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17 | Group discussion during timetabled sessions |
Coursework | 100 | Written Exams | 0 | Practical Exams | 0 |
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Form of Assessment | % of Credit | Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length) | ILOs Assessed | Feedback Method |
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Assignment / presentation | 50 | 3,000 word equivalent | all | Written & verbal (peer) |
Assignment | 50 | 3,000 word equivalent | all | Written |
Original Form of Assessment | Form of Re-assessment | ILOs Re-assessed | Time Scale for Re-assessment |
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Summative assessment | Additional summative assignment | Weighting as above | August Ref/Def period |
1 piece of individual coursework, 6000 words, 100%
information that you are expected to consult. Further guidance will be provided by the Module Convener
Basic reading:
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Web based and electronic resources:
OrcaFlex – Mooring analysis software
Mermaid – Marine operations planning software
Matlab/Python – programming for data alnalysis
Other resources:
15m Current flume test facility
‘DevOcean’. Classified MCA Category 2, 10.5m research vessel
Dynamic Marine Component test facility (DMaC)
Reading list for this module:
Type | Author | Title | Edition | Publisher | Year | ISBN |
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Set | Bhattacharyya, R., McCormick, M.E. | Wave Energy Conversion | Elsevier | 2003 | 0080442129 | |
Set | Open University | Waves, Tides and Shallow water processes | Butterworth Heinemann | 1999 | 978-750642811 | |
Set | Tucker, M.J. and Pitt, E.G. | Waves in Ocean Engineering | Elsevier | 2001 | 978-0080435664. | |
Set | Institution of Mechanical Engineers | Wave power: moving towards commercial viability | Bury St Edmunds: Professional Engineering Publishing | 2000 | 1860583059.00 | |
Set | Thake, J | Development, Installation and Testing of a Large-Scale Tidal Current Turbine | 2005 | |||
Set | Faltinsen, O. | Sea Loads on Ships and Offshore Structures | Cambridge University Press | 1993 | 521458706 | |
Set | Massel, S.R | Ocean Waves: Their Physics and Prediction | World Scientific Publishing | 1996 | 9810221096 | |
Set | Ochi, M.K. | Ocean Waves: The stochastic Approach | Cambridge University Press | 2008 | 052101767X | |
Set | Chakrabarti, S.K. | Offshore structure modelling | World Scientific | 1994 | 9810215126.00 | |
Set | Chakrabarti, S.K. | Handbook of Offshore Engineering Volume 1 & 2 | Elsevier Science | 2005 | 80443818.00 | |
Set | Chakrabarti, S.K. | Hydrodynamics of offshore structures | WIT Press | 1987 | 090545166X | |
Set | Barltrop, N.D.P. | Floating structures: A guide for design and analysis | OPL, Oilfield Publication | 1998 | 1870553353 | |
Set | Tirant, P.L. and Meunier, J. | Design guides for offshore structures: anchoring of floating structures, | BHR Group Ltd | 1990 | 1855980053 |
CREDIT VALUE | 15 | ECTS VALUE | 7.5 |
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PRE-REQUISITE MODULES | CSM3361, ENE3003 |
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CO-REQUISITE MODULES |
NQF LEVEL (FHEQ) | 7 | AVAILABLE AS DISTANCE LEARNING | No |
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ORIGIN DATE | Thursday 6th July 2017 | LAST REVISION DATE | Thursday 6th September 2018 |
KEY WORDS SEARCH | Hydrodynamics of offshore structures; offshore structure modelling; wave energy conversion; wave and tidal power; offshore wind. |
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Please note that all modules are subject to change, please get in touch if you have any questions about this module.