The wave tank is located in Aquaculture Center at the University of Maine.  For the purpose of this group the tank will be used to create a flow through a scaled model of a tidal turbine by attaching an apparatus to the carriage that is able to travel down the length of the wave tank at a controllable speed.  From these short time intervals the group will produce power curves of the turbine.  At first inspection of the wave tank, two major modifications to the tank were identified that needed to be completed to achieve better results.

Next semester the group will finish off any incomplete modifications on the Tow Tank.

Tow Tank Modifications:

• Carriage Modifications
• Report
• Tow Tank Eval/Mod
• Parts List
  
• Spool/Encoder Mount Modifications
• Report
• Encoder Mount
• Solidworks Model

• End View
• Full Length View
• ISO Metric View w/ Dynamometer
  

• Rotational Encoder – TRD-N100-RZWD– Obtains instantaneous speed of Carriage
• Encoder Coupling – JU-100D for connecting drum shaft to encoder
• Connected to ISO-5B45-02 Signal Conditioner