Oscilla Power completes 1:20 device and prepares for testing at the University of Maine

Oscilla Power is in the final stages of constructing the 1:20 scale model of its Triton™ WEC.

Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office

June 22, 2016
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Oscilla Power is in the final stages of constructing the 1:20 scale model of its Triton™ WEC. We are currently integrating PTO and instrumentation onto the fiberglass surface float hull, which arrived from Janicki Industries a couple of weeks ago. The foam mold for the heave plate arrived from Janicki today and we will be casting the concrete heave plate structure in it later this week. A trial cast of a heave plate ring section yielded successful results.

Fiberglass surface float hull
Mechanical pieces of the Triton
Foam mold for the heave plate

Following the build and final instrumentation checks, the model will be shipped to the University of Maine, where we will perform pre-testing at the W2 wave basin in early July.