R&D+I
Current Projects
Twinning for an Offshore Wind Energy Partnership.
SISMAR aims to increase safety in inland waterway navigation.
Pivotbuoy aims to reduce drastically the cost of energy of floating wind through the validation of an innovative single point mooring system.
Support of the development and testing of marine renewable technologies in 7 European test zones.
The GRRIP will incorporate RRI ("Responsible, Research and Innovation") sustainable practices into 5 marine research organizations.
Wave Energy in Southern Europe.
Accelerate the deployment of ocean energy taking into account the optimization of the resources and benefits for society.
Development, validation and optimization of structural health monitoring strategies for wind farms.
Development of a platform to support offshore aquaculture.
Developing design tools for ocean energy technologies, from the conception, to the development and deployment stages.
Designing, testing and validating a crosscutting Direct Drive Power Take-Off solution to be used with multiple types of wave energy converter.
Developing a generic PTO for integration into wave-type devices of the type arises in order to be mass produced.
Science and Technology Policies - Exploitation of the Deep Sea and of Oil & Gas in the South Atlantic region.
Development of a robotic manipulator to equip ROVs.
Development of a robotic arm for Offshore operations.
The objective of MARINERG-i is to become the leading internationally distributed infrastructure in the Marine Renewable Energy sector
MaRINET 2 will ensure the integration and enhancement of European research infrastructure and facilities specialising in research, development and testing of offshore renewable energy systems.
Developing a set of industry-enabling cost-effective components, specifically designed for reliable and sustainable delivery of ocean energy generation.
Advanced Braking Module with Cyclic Energy Recovery System (CERS) for enhanced reliability and performance of Wave Energy Converters
Past Projects
Demonstration of the GRAVI3 technology – innovative gravity foundation for offshore wind.
The HiWave project is focused on the development of a wave energy technology by the Swedish company Corpower.
MERIKA deals among others, with environmental related issues of offshore wind devices and their planning.
Training and research network in wave energy and offshore wind.
Developing systems for surfaces protection to provide the Ocean Energy sector solutions to improve its reliability and project’s life time.
Pico OWC was built as the European Wave Energy Pilot Plant
Scientific Papers
Wielgosz, C., Golf, R., Lidtke, A., Vaz, G. and el Moctar, O., “Numerical and experimental study on the Duisburg Propeller Test Case”, in proceedings of NuTTS2019, Tomar, Portugal, October 2019.
Katsuno, E., Lidtke, A., Rijpkema, D., Duz, B and Vaz, G., “Parameter Uncertainty Quantification applied to the Duisburg Propeller Test-Case”, in proceedings of NuTTS2019, Tomar, Portugal, October 2019.
Lemaire, S., Vaz, G. and Turnock, S., “On the Need for Higher Order Interpolation for Overset Grid Methods”, in proceedings of NuTTS2019, Tomar, Portugal, October 2019.
Lopes, R., Eça, L. and Vaz, G. “Turbulence Decay Corrections for Transitional Flow Calculations”, in proceedings of NuTTS2019, Tomar, Portugal, October 2019.
Wang, Y., Chen, H.C., Vaz, G. and Burmester, S.,”CFD Simulation of Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbine under Pitch Decay Motion”, in proceedings of 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, IOWTC2019, St. Julian’s, Malta, November 2019.
Pedro A. Vinagre, Enara Mardaras, Emiliano Pinori, Johan Svenson, Erica Cruz, Teresa Simas. Comparison of biofouling communities among European regions. EWTEC 2019 – European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference. Napoli, Italy, September 2019.
Klapwijk, M., Lloyd, T. and Vaz, G., “On the accuracy of partially averaged Navier–Stokes resolution estimates”, in International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Volume 80, December 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2019.108484.
Pereira, F., Eça, L., Vaz, G. and Kerkvliet, M., “Application of Second-Moment Closure to Statistically Steady Flows of Practical Interest”, in Ocean Engineering, October 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.106372.
Goncalves, R., Hirabayashi, S., Vaz, G. and Suzuki, H., "Force measurements of the flow around arrays of three and four columns with different geometry sections, spacing ratios and incidence angles", in Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, October 2019, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045212.
M.U.T. Rentschler, F. Adam, P. Chainho, "Design optimization of dynamic inter-array cable systems for floating offshore wind turbines, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews", Volume 111, 2019, pp. 622-635, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.05.024.
Hirabayashi, S., Vaz, G., & Suzuki, H. (2020). “Force Measurements of the Flow Around Arrays of Three and Four Columns With Different Geometry Sections , Spacing Ratios,and Incidence Angles”.in Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. Volume 142. April 2020. 1–22.
Pierre Benreguig, Miguel Vicente, Sarah Crowley, Jimmy Murphy, "Non-isentropic study of a closed-circuit oscillating-water-column wave energy converter", Ocean Engineering, Vol. 195, January 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.106700.
Pierre Benreguig, Miguel Vicente, Adrian Dunne and Jimmy Murphy, "Modelling approaches of a closed-circuit OWC wave energy converter", in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019. URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/7/2/23/pdf.