DAISY: A Rapid Approach to Evaluating Marine Energy Converter Sound Award Number: DE-EE0007823 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.16 Water Power Technology Office Date: 12/2/2016 Location(s): WA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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December 12, 2016
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DAISY*: A Rapid Approach to Evaluating Marine Energy Converter Sound
Award Number: DE-EE0007823
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.16
Water Power Technology Office
Date: 12/2/2016
Location(s): WA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the University of Washington (UW) to improve the quality of acoustic information collected from drifting hydrophones known as the Drifting Acoustic Instrumentation System (DAISY), while reducing the costs of deployment and analysis.
The proposed project would be divided into three Budget Periods, with a Go/No Go decision point between each Budget Period. This NEPA review is for Budget Period 1 (BP1) only. In BP1 UW would conduct three tasks. Task 1 would involve software simulation of the DAISY motion and hydrodynamics. Task 2 would involve field testing at the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) Marine Science Laboratory (MSL), specifically in Sequim Bay, WA. Task 3 would involve benchtop testing as a precursor to proposed enhancements. Activities involved in Tasks 1 and 3 would be conducted at UW facilities and would not include and field testing. Task 2 would involve field testing the DAISY at MSL.
*DAISY was previously named A-SWIFT