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Osmocean, Katie Brodersen, Alec Lanter, Maulee Sheth, Nathaniel Kiefer, Emily Bywater, Kumansh Furia, Brittany Cafferty, Hayden Schennum, Yi Xie, Abigail Werner, Deepika Ramchandani, Sandra Cordoba, Akshay Rao, Jun Chen, Abhimanyu Das, David M. Warsinger Jan 2021

Osmocean, Katie Brodersen, Alec Lanter, Maulee Sheth, Nathaniel Kiefer, Emily Bywater, Kumansh Furia, Brittany Cafferty, Hayden Schennum, Yi Xie, Abigail Werner, Deepika Ramchandani, Sandra Cordoba, Akshay Rao, Jun Chen, Abhimanyu Das, David M. Warsinger

School of Mechanical Engineering Working Papers

The objective of this Build & Test was to prove that the Osmocean wave-powered batch reverse osmosis (BRO) system is physically realizable. Through a comprehensive and systematic engineering process, the optimal components for the WEC-side Osmocean coupling were procured, assembled, and tested. The results indicate that a control effort developed for the main loop throttle valve successfully tracks input signals meant to simulate interaction with the BRO system to within 6% error. Future work will include developing a controller for the kidney loop throttle valve to assist in keeping the main loop flow rate constant as well as the direct …