Marine Energy Advanced Materials
Marine Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing within Marine Energy project (ME) addresses the current R&D challenge of overcoming the difficult engineering of ME technology by considering the impact of composite materials on design, fluid structure interaction, and manufacturing. ME developers require foundational R&D to lower the risk of adopting composites, in place of marine alloys, for structural components or other elements of design. This is critical as composite materials are ideal candidates for their benefits in light weighting, are potentially amenable to modular design and advanced manufacturing, and may provide improved resilience to the marine environment. Sandia National Laboratories, along with Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Montana State University (MSU), and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) are collaborating on this project to deliver these solutions. The multidisciplinary team brings unique capabilities in modeling tools, testing facilities, and access to onsite marine environments that will enable a systems-based approach to understand ME composite needs. See the Advanced Materials Database section below for access to the marine renewable energy advanced materials database.
Previous Publications
This table lists documents associated with the ME Advanced Materials Project
| Title | Author(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|
| A Method for Rapid Quantitative Assessment of Biofilms with Biomolecular Stains and Image Analysis |
Larimer C., Winder E, Jeters R., Prowant M., Nettleship I., Addleman R.S. and Bonheyo G. T. | Dec, 2015 |
| Polysulfone and Polyacrylate-based Zwitterionic Coatings for the Prevention and Easy Removal of Marine Biofouling |
Hibbs, M. R., Hernandez-Sanchez, B. A., Daniels, J., Stafslien. S. J | Sep, 2015 |
| Studying localized corrosion using liquid cell transmission electron microscopy |
Chee, S. W. Pratt, S. H., Hattar, K. Duquette, D., Ross, F. M, Hull, R. | Jan, 2015 |
| Externally Bonded FBG Strain Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring of Marine Hydrokinetic Structures, Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference |
Schuester, M., Fritz, N., McEntee, J., Graver, T., Rumsey, M., Hernandez-Sanchez, B. A, Miller, D.; Johnson, E. | Apr, 2014 |
| Materials & Manufacturing for Marine Energy Technologies Report |
Hibbs, M. R., Hernandez-Sanchez, B. A., Daniels, J., Stafslien. S. J. | Oct, 2021 |
Past Webinars
Advanced Materials Database
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office have funded Sandia National Laboratories and its partner, Montana State University, to conduct extensive testing and analysis on wind turbine blades and materials for marine energy (ME) devices in support of the industry and research communities. The results of over 16,000 tests on 500 materials (since 1989 for wind, and more recently for water) have been compiled and published annually in a public database along with numerous technical publications analyzing the key trends and technical results of the tests.
Visitors can access the Marine Renewable Materials and Structures Database here.
