Fall 2008 Semester Milestones

Meet/reach Contacts  – (September 31)

• Peter Harvey, CCAR
• Huijae Xue, College of Marine Sciences
• Rich Kimball, MMA
• Scott Dunning, School of Engineering Technology
• Neal Pettigrew, School of Marine Sciences
• Rodolfo Chang, School of Marine Science
• Susan Arnold, School of Marine Sciences
  

Create Website  – (October 8, 2008)

Research –  (October 9, 2008)

ADCP instrumentation

Determine how many ADCP’s are needed

Cost

Buy or borrow ADCP(s)

           Site permits (Devine Tarbell, ORPC-Eastport, FERC)

Tidal Turbines

Vendors

General design

Mounting system design

Sizing specifications

Cost

Environmental/Tidal Conditions

Examine low resolution current data (Huijae)

Current flows and velocity profile

Temperatures

Water depths

River bottom landscape

Tide charts

Possible locations for installation

Natural obstructions to flow (i.e. wildlife, vegetation, algae, ice)

Milestone Review –(November 4, 2008)

Perform energy audit on CCAR – (November 20, 2008)

·        Determine energy usage and demand

·        Equipment power consumption

      ·        Time of peak consumption
Preliminary calculations and predications of water currents – (November 30, 2008)
Draft Midterm Report (Proposal) – (December 9, 2008)
Choose location for installation – (December 11, 2008)
Final Midterm Report (Proposal) – (December 18, 2008)

Spring 2009 Semester Milestones
 
Plan of work and rough sketches of designs – (January 27, 2009)                                           
Order all materials for flow measuring device – (January 31, 2009)                                          
Instrument sensitivities and equations for data reduction – (February 2, 2009)                          
Written Proposal for Project – (February 17, 2009)
Complete assembly including fixtures for tow tank – (February 19, 2009) 
Written progress report on project – (March 15, 2009)
Initial calibration test for flow measuring device in tow Tank – (March 24, 2009)
Demonstrate first examples of data collection – (April 5, 2009)
Submit first examples of data – (April 8, 2009)
Results of project prepared to standards for inclusion – (April 15, 2009)
Project report out with visuals – (April 22 , 2009)
Demonstrate at least two hours of flow measurement data at the tidal turbine site - (April 24, 2009)
Final project report – (April 29, 2009)