WEC Farm Functions [electronic resource] : Defining the Behaviors of the Farm

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Physical Description: 34 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Sandia National Laboratories, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Capabilities and functions are hierarchical structures (i.e. taxonomies) that are used in a systems engineering framework to identify complimentary requirements for the system: what the system must do to achieve what it must be. In the case of capabilities, the taxonomy embodies the list of characteristics that are desired, from the perspective of the stakeholders, for the system to be successful. In terms of the functions, the hierarchy represents the solution agnostic (i.e. independent of specific design embodiments) elements that are needed to meet the stakeholder requirements. This paper will focus on the development of the functions. The functions define the fundamental elements of the solution that must be provided in order to achieve the mission and deliver the capabilities. They identify the behaviors the farm must possess, i.e. the farm must be able to generate and deliver electricity from wave power. High-level functions are independent of the technology or design used to implement the function. However, detailed functions may begin to border on specific design choices. Hence a strong effort has been made to maintain functions that are design agnostic.

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E 1.99:sand2016--9832
sand2016--9832

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Published through SciTech Connect.
09/01/2016.
"sand2016--9832"
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Diana L. Bull; Ronan Costello; Aurelien Babarit; Robert Joseph Malins; Ben Kennedy; Kim Neilson; Claudio Bittencourt; Jesse D. Roberts; Jochem Weber.

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AC04-94AL85000

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