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Technology From Ideas Technology Development Company TFIMarine spinout Focussed on Polymer Based Marine Components Moorings ByPass Elastomers Dynamic Tethers Polymer Springs New Product Development Gators
Technology Development Company TFIMarine spinout
Focussed on Polymer Based Marine Components Moorings
ByPass Elastomers Dynamic Tethers Polymer Springs
New Product Development
Gators Structures
Can design in passive flexibility which reduces
loads on the device
Excellent fatigue and lifetime
Polymer based pumped water PTO Opportunity to submit Gator concept to
Wave Energy Scotland Power Take Off Call
IP sitting on shelf Potential Benefits
Seawater compatible Does not require seals 10’s of millions of compression cycles Fabricated at reasonable cost at all scales Low maintenance requirements Uses off the shelf hydropower components
LCOE
Survivability Affordability Availability Performance
Efficiency (across Load Spectrum) Capacity Factor (Load Factor) Peak Performance Reliability Operability Maintainability CAPEX OPEX Performance per unit cost Manufacturability Scalability Installability Peak Loads Fatigue Loads FMECA Frequency of Loading Cycles Corrosion Resistance Load Shedding Ability Life Expectancy Bio-Fouling
Risk Consequence
TfIMarine needed help converting our benefits into real
LCOE predictions
Needed a standard approach to doing this Needed to see the unanswered questions Needed a tool with substantial detail and power behind it Needed a tool which could highlight the relevant
importance of the different benefits
Approached Exceedence who had the tool and the
capabilities to do this
Helped us to form a project which matched WES
requirements
Focussed on top down LCOE (take existing LCOE estimates
for a device and change based on Gator)
Also asked them if them could manage the project
– a compliant seal free hydraulic PTO
Funded by WES PTO project Stage 1 – TRL 1 – 3
38 15 4 0.02 0.04 0.08 0.1 0.3 0.6 1 2 5 10 20 41 82 164 327 LCOE P/KWH CUMULATIVE DEPLOYMENT GW
Excellent learning experience for TfI Strong LCOE results led to stage 2 approval for the
Gator project
Bottom up LCOE estimates (detailed engineering to
determine costs from bottom up)
Tfi are looking to buy Exceedence finance
It’s a tool which we will use more frequently across
multiple projects
Helps quantify benefits at an early stage, focussing
research & development efforts
Further projects
TfI have applied for additional WES projects with the
Exceedence tool being a key part