Alden is using its unique facilities to help developers test and improve their equipment. Combined wave and wind loading as well as mooring techniques can be evaluated for wave energy capture systems on scaled models. Together with highly-trained staff and state-of-the art analysis capabilities, such testing is aiding developers in enhancing and refining their designs. Assistance from Alden ranges from providing testing support to being responsible for an entire development and testing program. Our staff has decades of experience in fluid flow and machinery operation.
World Class Test Facilities and CFD Analysis
Alden’s numerous test flumes, tanks, and support facilities are available to assist in developing and optimizing the performance of your equipment. Our primary wave tank is 70 ft X 110 ft X 4 ft, and is large enough to evaluate scaled arrays of devices and interference effects. We also have two linear flumes that are appropriate for testing individual devices. One flume measures 56 ft long X 6 ft wide X 7 ft deep and the other measures 80 ft long X 20 ft wide X 10 ft deep.
Project Field Services
Field measurement is critical to feasibility determination, environmental assessment, anchoring, and system performance optimization. Alden provides experienced field oceanographic services, including bathymetry, wave height and direction measurements, current velocity measurements, water and tide level data acquisition, sediment-water interface monitoring, and biological surveys.
