Dynamic Vessel Design Feasibility Study for subsea WITT Energy Harvester

这一可行性项目旨在确定是否可以将Witt能量收集器--将所有6个自由度的混乱运动能转化为电能--部署在偏远地点的海底，并安装在保护外壳内，将海底电流转换为电能，为海底传感器仪器提供动力。Witt Limited将与英国海上风能、海浪和潮汐能的旗舰技术、创新和研究中心--离岸可再生能源弹射器(OREC)合作，作为分包商，利用他们的专业知识设计出一种最佳的实施方案，将这些海底洋流转化为电力，Witt就在里面。对Witt为海底传感器供电的能力感兴趣的石油和天然气实体与Witt有限公司接洽，国防实体为传感器供电，以及其他用于环境和其他应用的实体。WITT的好处是，它将能够在需要电池解决方案的情况下提供持续的电力，而在偏远的海上地点更换电池非常昂贵。

This feasibility project looks to determine whether the WITT energy harvester, which converts chaotic motional energy from all 6 degrees of freedom into electrical energy, could be deployed tethered to the sea floor in remote locations, and housed within a protective casing, to convert sub-sea currents into electrical energy to power sensor instrumentation subsea. Witt Limited will be working with The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), the UK’s flagship technology, innovation and research centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, as a subcontractor to draw on their expertise and knowledge to devise an optimum embodiment to convert such subsea currents into electricity with the WITT housed inside. Witt Limited has been approached by oil and gas entities interested in the capability for the WITT to power sensors subsea, defence entities for sensors, and others for environmental and other applications. The benefit of the WITT is that it would be able to provide continuous power where otherwise battery solutions would be required which batteries are very costly to replace in remote sea locations.