Instream Tidal Energy Research (InTER) Project

潮流潮汐能研究项目的目的是设计、建造和测试一个100千瓦的潮汐能装置，该装置在一个浮动研究平台上安装两个垂直轴涡轮机。该项目将开发一种新的平台技术，使Instream能源系统（Instream）能够从英国的内陆流体动力学和潮汐资源中迈出一步。原型的部署和系统测试将在具有模拟网格接口的适当海洋环境中进行。Instream的技术旨在克服潮汐领域的许多现有挑战，包括高安装成本和浅水资源的获取，以实现风险较低，具有成本效益的商业项目。InTER项目建立在Instream和IT Power（ITP）最近的平台概念设计工作和Instream现有转子设计的基础上。由此产生的“涡轮机部署单元”（TDU）将支持2个转子。该项目的关键阶段将包括数字和物理建模、设计、制造、组装、部署、调试、演示和恢复。所组成的联合体拥有在内部开展项目各阶段所需的专门知识。

The aim of the Instream Tidal Energy Research (InTER) project is to design, build and test a 100 kW tidal energydevice featuring two vertical axis turbines on a floating research platform. The project will develop a newplatform technology that will enable Instream Energy Systems (Instream) to make the step from inlandhydrokinetics and access tidal resources in the UK. Deployment and system testing of the prototype will takeplace in an appropriate marine environment with a simulated grid interface. Instream's technology aims toovercome many of the existing challenges in the tidal sector including high installation costs and access toshallow water resources to achieve lower-risk, cost-effective commercial projects. The InTER project builds onInstream and IT Power’s (ITP) recent platform concept design work and Instream’s existing rotor design. Theresulting 'Turbine Deployment Unit' (TDU) will support 2 rotors. The key phases of the project will include,numerical and physical modelling, design, fabrication, assembly, deployment, commissioning, demonstration,and recovery. The consortium assembled has the expertise necessary to internally carry out the project phases.