IEC_TS_62600-100-2012.pdf

IEC/TS 62600-100 Edition 1.0 2012-08 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Marine energy Wave,tidal and other water current converters Part 100:Electricity producing wave energy converters Power performance assessment IEC/TS 62600-100:2012(E)colourinsideCopyrighted material licensed to BR Demo by Thomson Reuters(Scientific),Inc.,,downloaded on Nov-27-2014 by James Madison.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2012 IEC,Geneva,Switzerland All rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and microfilm,without permission in writing from either IEC or IECs member National Committee in the country of the requester.If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication,please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further information.IEC Central Office Tel.:+41 22 919 02 11 3,rue de Varemb Fax:+41 22 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 infoiec.ch Switzerland www.iec.ch About the IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical,electronic and related technologies.About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC.Please make sure that you have the latest edition,a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published.Useful links:IEC publications search-www.iec.ch/searchpub The advanced search enables you to find IEC publications by a variety of criteria(reference number,text,technical committee,).It also gives information on projects,replaced and withdrawn publications.IEC Just Published-webstore.iec.ch/justpublished Stay up to date on all new IEC publications.Just Published details all new publications released.Available on-line and also once a month by email.Electropedia-www.electropedia.org The worlds leading online dictionary of electronic and electrical terms containing more than 30 000 terms and definitions in English and French,with equivalent terms in additional languages.Also known as the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary(IEV)on-line.Customer Service Centre-webstore.iec.ch/csc If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication or need further assistance,please contact the Customer Service Centre:csciec.ch.Copyrighted material licensed to BR Demo by Thomson Reuters(Scientific),Inc.,,downloaded on Nov-27-2014 by James Madison.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.IEC/TS 62600-100 Edition 1.0 2012-08 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Marine energy Wave,tidal and other water current converters Part 100:Electricity producing wave energy converters Power performance assessment INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION V ICS 27.140 PRICE CODE ISBN 978-2-83220-330-9 Registered trademark of the International Electrotechnical Commission Warning!Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.colourinsideCopyrighted material licensed to BR Demo by Thomson Reuters(Scientific),Inc.,,downloaded on Nov-27-2014 by James Madison.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.2 TS 62600-100 IEC:2012(E)CONTENTS FOREWORD.4 INTRODUCTION.6 1 Scope.7 2 Normative references.7 3 Symbols and units.8 4 Sequence of work.10 5 Test site characterization.10 General.10 5.1 Measurements.10 5.2 Wave measurement for wave power.10 5.2.1 Current measurement.11 5.2.2 Tidal measurement.11 5.2.3 Bathymetric survey.11 5.2.4 Calculation of wave spatial transfer model.11 5.2.5 Modelling of the test site.11 5.2.66 Methodology.12 General.12 6.1 Sample duration and frequency.12 6.2 Simultaneity.13 6.3 Data recording.13 6.4 Amount of data to be recorded.13 6.4.1 Data format and retaining.13 6.4.27 Measurement and data collection for wave data.13 General.13 7.1 WMI and calibration.13 7.2 Instrumentation location.13 7.3 General.13 7.3.1 Direct measurement.13 7.3.2 Measures with spatial transfer model.14 7.3.3 Correction for WEC interference.14 7.3.4 Metocean data.14 7.4 Procedure for the calculation of derived parameters.14 7.58 WEC power output measurements.15 WEC output terminals.15 8.1 Power measurement point.15 8.2 Power measurements.16 8.3 General.16 8.3.1 Limitations on power production.16 8.3.2 Instruments and calibration.16 8.49 Determination of power performance.17 General.17 9.1 Structure of the normalized power matrix.17 9.2 Core structure.17 9.2.1 Sub-division of the normalized power matrix.17 9.2.2 Calculation of the capture length.17 9.2.3Copyrighted material licensed to BR Demo by Thomson Reuters(Scientific),Inc.,,downloaded on Nov-27-2014 by James Madison.No further reproduction or distribution is permitted.Uncontrolled when printed.TS 62600-100 IEC:2012(E)3 Representation of t