OES Annual Report 2012 - Ocean Energy Systems

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Government Funded R&D
PROJECT
Hydrogenerator
QK
SIBEO
Oceanographic
review off the coast
of Mexico
Network
of Observations and
Predictions of ocean
variables (ROPVO)
on the coasts and
ports of the Gulf
of Mexico
Information Recovery
and Analysis of wave
behaviour
Wave Energy
Potential Assessment
in the Baja California
Peninsula
Feasibility analysis
of a wave energy
power plant in Baja
California Sur (BCS)
Wave Energy in the
Gulf of California
Forecasting System
Atmospheric
characterization
Oceanographic buoy
Blow Jet
DESCRIPTION
The National University of Mexico (UNAM) through its IMPULSA
Project (Multidisciplinary Research of University Projects for Leadership
and Academic Progress) is improving a private design of a floating
hydrogenerator named (QK).
The National University (UNAM) through the Institute of Marine
Sciences and Limnology is conducting this project. The project consists
of a pumping system activated by the resonance of the waves.
The National University (UNAM) through the Institute of Marine
Sciences and Limnology presented a proposal to develop an
Oceanographic review of the coasts of Mexico to assess the potential
of the thermal gradient in some regions in order to use it into air
condition systems in hotels.
Since 2005 the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) trough the Research
Centre for Applied Science and Advanced Technology (CICATA)
operates four oceanographic stations capable of detecting and
monitoring changes in the sea level. The objective of the project is to
establish a monitoring system that can led to a prediction method and
an assessment of energy potential across the coast and ports of the
Southeast of the Gulf.
In this project data analysis of wave behaviour is made with information
from several sources (remote and in situ sensors, numerical simulations).
Numerical models are also used to simulate and predict the directional
wave spectrum.
This project uses numerical models to simulate waves in different
geographical scales with several resolutions in the west coast of Baja
California in order to assess the potential of power production in the
Peninsula.
CFE is trying to identify suitable sites to develop wave energy projects
in the future. In Cabo Falso, BCS studies such as maritime climate and
bathymetry have been conducted.
CFE has been developing oceanographic studies, mathematical
modelling, geophysics, tectonics and soil mechanics near the Montague
Island and Adair Bay to assess the feasibility of a pilot wave energy
power plant in the Gulf of California.
The project includes the development of a numerical forecasting
system of waves and tides under normal conditions, storms and heavy
seas in Mexico.
The project consists of the characterization of the atmospheric
boundary layer in the coastal zone of the Yucatan Peninsula to assess
the offshore wind potential.
Development of a multisensory oceanographic buoy network to
measure several marine and climate variables in order to have a data
base and a possible potential assessment.
The BLOW-JET is a closed conduit in which, when fully confined, the
waves are converted into a flow which increases its velocity inside the
device. The end result is an intermittent stream output with significantly
faster than it entered the device.
INVESTMENT
(USA dollars)
370,000
(Second phase)
370,000
148,000
370,000
370,000
148,000
74,000
74,000
148,000
74,000
74,000
74,000
ANNUAL
REPORT 2012