Supergen Marine - Core

英国工程和物理科学理事会(EPSRC)资助的研究联盟SuperGen Marine(1)，由爱丁堡大学、赫里奥特-瓦特大学、兰开斯特大学、斯特拉斯克莱德大学和罗伯特·戈登大学组成，自2003年10月以来一直在进行尖端研究，以支持发展中的海洋可再生能源产业。该财团已被修改，包括贝尔法斯特女王大学和罗伯特·戈登大学海洋能源集团的主要成员搬到爱丁堡大学，目前正在争取研究委员会的持续支持。最初的超级一代海洋研究方案的目的主要是加强对海洋能源资源的位置、范围和特点的了解。这是在3-10年的范围内，现在仍然有效。然而，研究优先事项已经演变为承认早期测试、原型装置的部署和最初工作方案的结果所产生的经验和问题。虽然总体目标仍然是通用的，但在订正的研究方案中，总体目标已经演变，现在的方向是，从实验室的模型尺度到公海的全尺寸，更好地了解能量转换器的装置-海洋相互作用。该方案包括以下方面的工作：装置阵列以及这些装置将如何影响当地和区域的环境条件；考虑到新的设计指导理念的根本设计方法；确保数值和实物设计支助一致而有力；潮汐和波浪混合环境中的设计所构成的挑战；复杂的非线性和不断变化的环境中的系统控制；海洋系统的固定、系泊和恢复带来的复杂挑战；海洋资源的多变性和间歇性带来的经济挑战；可用于预测和评估海洋能源系统长期可靠性的资料稀少，以及如何以最佳方式在利益攸关方社区传播对所有这些问题的更多了解。

The UK Engineering and Physical Science Council (EPSRC) funded research consortium, Supergen Marine (1), which consisted of the University of Edinburgh; Heriot-Watt University; The University of Lancaster; The University of Strathclyde and the Robert Gordon University, has, since October 2003, been undertaking cutting edge research in support of the developing marine renewables industry. The consortium, which has been modified to include The Queen's University Belfast and the move of key members of the Robert Gordon University Marine Energy Group to the University of Edinburgh, is now bidding for continued support from the research council. The aims of the original Supergen marine research programme primarily related to enhancing understanding of the location, extent and characteristics of the marine energy resources. This was on a 3-10 year horizon, and is still valid. However, research priorities have evolved to recognise experiences and questions arising from early tests, the deployment of prototype devices and the outcomes of the original work programme. The overall aim, while still generic, has evolved and is now directed, in the revised research programme, towards increasing understanding of the device-sea interactions of energy converters from model-scale in the laboratory to full size in the open sea. The programme includes work on: device arrays and how these will influence local and regional environmental conditions; radical design approaches, which take into account new philosophies of design guidance; ensuring that numerical and physical design support is consistent and robust; the challenges posed by design in mixed tidal and wave environments; system control in complex non linear and evolving environments; the complex challenges posed by fixing, mooring and recovery of marine systems; the economic challenges posed by the variable and intermittent nature of the marine resource; the sparse information available to predict and assess the long term reliability of marine energy systems and how an increased understanding of all of these issues can be best disseminated within the stakeholder community.