Sponsors of OSES 2016 O ---------------------------------------------------------------- O Universty of Malta, Valletta, Malta 13 – 15 July 2016 1 Associates of OSES 2016 THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA RESEARCH, INNOVATION & DEVELOPMENT TRUST OLD UNIVERSITY BUILDING – Second Floor Plan 1 STAIRWELLS 5 POSTER AREA 2 LIFT/ELEVATOR 6 LOUNGE 3 LECTURE ROOM 3 7 REST ROOMS 4 AUDITORIUM Site plans courtesy of the Estate and Works Department, University of Malta, Malta. 2 Universty of Malta, Valletta, Malta 13 – 15 July 2016 Day 1: Wednesday 13th July 2016 REGISTRATION 08:30 – 09:00 nd Lounge Area, 2 Floor 09:00 – 09:40 WELCOME SPEECHES nd Auditorium, 2 Floor Prof. Tonio Sant Department of Mechanical Engineering/Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Malta, Malta. Prof. Alfred Vella Rector, University of Malta, Malta. 09:40 – 10:30 K1 KEYNOTE SESSION nd Auditorium, 2 Floor Storage – A Possible Game Changer In The Future Energy System Andreea Strachinescu Head of Unit, DG Energy - New Energy Technologies, Innovation and Clean Coal, European Commission, Brussels. 10:30 – 11:00 REFRESHMENTS SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSIONS 11:00 – 12:40 Session 1 Session 2 nd nd Lecture Room 3, 2 Floor Auditorium, 2 Floor OFFSHORE ENERGY RESOURCES AND COMPRESSED AIR AND PUMPED HYDRO RELATED TECHNOLOGIES STORAGE SYSTEMS 1 Session Chair: Robert Ghirlando Session Chair: Seamus Garvey 11:00 – 11:20 S1.1 Assessment Of Floating Offshore S2.1 Dynamic Modelling of Discharge Wind In Mediterranean Sea Behaviour Of A Low Temperature G. Gaudiosi, D. Borello, Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy S. Sangiorgio and F. Rispoli Storage System OWEMES Association, Italy. W. He and J. Wang Department of Mechanical and School of Engineering, University of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Warwick, Coventry, UK. University of Rome, Italy. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. 11:20 – 11:40 S1.2 Offshore Wind Resource S2.2 Energy Storage System By Closed Characterisation Using Cross- Vessel Pump Compression And Calibrated, Multi-Platform Ocean New Wave Energy Converter Surface Wind Data Along The East J.H. Park, B.H. Kim and Y.H. Lee Coast Of The United States Department of Mechanical J.J. Miles, M.L. Bentley, Engineering, Graduate School, Korea J.M. Gellings, S.M. McArdle and Maritime and Ocean University, P.D. White Busan, Korea. Department of Integrated Science Division of Mechanical Engineering, and Technology, James Madison Korea Maritime & Ocean University, University, Harrisonburg, USA. Busan, Korea. 11:40 – 12:00 S1.3 Long-Range Scanning Lidars For S2.3 Heat Transfer Losses In Different And Cost Effective Wind Reciprocating Compressors For Measurement Campaigns Energy Storage Applications A. Cassola, M. Stickland and C. Willich and A.J. White A. Oldroyd Department of Engineering, University Department of Mechanical and of Cambridge, UK. Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Oldbaum Services Ltd., Stirling, UK. Universty of Malta, Valletta, Malta 13 – 15 July 2016 3 Day 1: Wednesday 13th July 2016 (cont.) Session 1 (cont.) Session 2 (cont.) nd nd Lecture Room 3, 2 Floor Auditorium, 2 Floor OFFSHORE ENERGY RESOURCES AND COMPRESSED AIR AND PUMPED HYDRO RELATED TECHNOLOGIES STORAGE SYSTEMS 1 12:00 – 12:20 S1.4 Combining Wind Speed And S2.4 PrepareBE (Buoyant Energy) – Energy Demand Forecasting Exploratory Project Presentation Techniques In The Determination R. Klar, M. Aufleger, G. Scheide and Of Energy Storage Capacity V. Neisch Requirements Of Offshore Wind Department of Civil Engineering Farms Sciences, Unit of Hydraulic M.D. Mifsud, T. Sant and Engineering, University of Innsbruck, R.N. Farrugia Austria. Institute for Sustainable Energy, Transfer Agency Science-Economy- University of Malta, Marsaxlokk, Society, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Malta. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malta, Malta. 12:20 – 12:40 S1.5 Dynamic Analysis Of A Floating S2.5 DOGES: Deep Ocean Gravitational Hybrid Spar TLP Concept For Wind Energy Storage System Monitoring Applications In Deep R. Cazzaniga, M. Cicu, M. Rosa-Clot Sea and P. Rosa-Clot M. Micallef, T. Sant and Koiné Multimedia srl, Italy. P. Mollicone Scienza Industria Tecnologia srl, Italy. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malta, Malta. 13:00 END OF MORNING SESSIONS 13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH 4 Universty of Malta, Valletta, Malta 13 – 15 July 2016 Day 1: Wednesday 13th July 2016 (cont.) 14:00 – 14:40 K2 KEYNOTE SESSION nd Auditorium, 2 Floor The Challenge Of Commercialising Intellectual Property That Arises From Academic Research Russell Smith Centre for Business Incubation, University of Malta, Malta. 14:40 – 15:20 K3 KEYNOTE SESSION nd Auditorium, 2 Floor Can Offshore Wind Energy Deliver Its Promise? Po Wen Cheng University of Stuttgart, Germany. 15:20 – 15:40 REFRESHMENTS SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSIONS 15:40 – 17:20 Session 3 Session 4 nd nd Lecture Room 3, 2 Floor Auditorium, 2 Floor OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES AND HYBRID COMPRESSED AIR AND PUMPED HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES 1 STORAGE SYSTEMS 2 Session Chair: Tonio Sant Session Chair: Rupp Carriveau 15:40 – 16:00 S3.1 On the Scale Model Technology S4.1 Flexible Versus Rigid For Floating Wind Turbines Containments For Underwater I. Bayati, M. Belloli, L. Bernini, Compressed Air Energy Storage H. Giberti and A. Zasso B. Kantharaj, S.D. Garvey and Department of Mechanical A. Pimm Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Italy. University of Nottingham, UK. Dipartimento di Ingegneria School of Chemical and Process Industriale e dell’Informazione, Engineering, University of Leeds, UK. Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy. 16:00 – 16:20 S3.2 Experimental Investigation On S4.2 Study And Optimization Of An Mooring Loads And Motions Of A Under-Water Compressed Air Spar Buoy Floating Wind Turbine Energy Storage System Coupled T.P. Mazarakos and S.A. Mavrakos With Renewable Energy Plants Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, F.A. Tiano, G. Rizzo and N. Feo Anavissos, Greece. New Energy di Tiano Francesco Laboratory for Floating Structures Antonio, Pagani, Italy. and Mooring Systems, School of Department of Industrial Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Salerno, Engineering, National Technical Fisciano, Italy. University of Athens, Greece. 16:20 – 16:40 S3.3 Dynamic Response Of A S4.3 Development And Testing Of A Tetrahedral Floating Wind Turbine Novel Offshore Pumped Storage Platform Concept For Storing Energy At Sea M.C. Simpson, T.R. Davenne and – StEnSea S.D. Garvey M. Puchta, J. Bard, C. Dick, D. Hau, Department of Mechanical, B. Krautkremer, F. Thalemann, Materials and Manufacturing L. Vogel, D. Kirchner, Engineering, University of P. Ackermann, B. Panahandeh and Nottingham, UK. H. Hahn Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology, Kassel, Germany. Universty of Malta, Valletta, Malta 13 – 15 July 2016 5 Day 1: Wednesday 13th July 2016 (cont.) Session 3 (cont.) Session 4 (cont.) nd nd Lecture Room 3, 2 Floor Auditorium, 2 Floor OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES AND HYBRID COMPRESSED AIR AND PUMPED HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES 1 STORAGE SYSTEMS 2 16:40 – 17:00 S3.4 Operational Modal Analysis Of A S4.4 Novel Exergy Storage System Spar-Type Floating Platform Using Based On Compressed Air And Frequency Domain Decomposition Solar Thermal Power Method B. Cárdenas, S.D. Garvey, C. Ruzzo, G. Failla, M. Collu, B. Kantharaj, M.C. Simpson and V. Nava, V. Fiamma and F. Arena A.J. Pimm Natural Ocean Engineering Department of Mechanical, Laboratory, Mediterranea University Materials and Manufacturing of Reggio Calabria, Italy. Engineering, University of Cranfield University, UK. Nottingham, UK. Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Energy Research Institute, School of Energy and Environment Division, Chemical and Process Engineering, Bilbao, Spain. University of Leeds, UK. 17:00 – 17:20 S4.5 The First Grid Connected UWCAES Facility: Updates From Toronto And What’s Next C. Lewis Hydrostor Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 17:20 END OF AFTERNOON SESSIONS WELCOME RECEPTION 18:00 O ---------------------------------------------------------------- O 6 Universty of Malta, Valletta, Malta 13 – 15 July 2016 Day 2: Thursday 14th July 2016 09:00 – 09:30 OPENING SPEECH nd Auditorium, 2 Floor Karmenu Vella EU Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Brussels. SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSIONS 09:30 – 10:30 Session 5 Session 6 nd nd Auditorium, 2 Floor Lecture Room 3, 2 Floor OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES AND HYBRID OFFSHORE SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES 2 Session Chair: Daniel Friedrich Session Chair: Jonathan Shek 09:30 – 09:50 S5.1 Seismic Assessment Of Offshore S6.1 Determining The Optimum Shape Wind Turbines Via Time-domain And Size Of A Platform For An Uncoupled Analyses Offshore Floating Photovoltaic F. Santangelo, G. Failla, F. Arena System and C. Ruzzo M. Aquilina, L. Mule` Stagno, Department of Civil, Energy, M. Grech and T. Sant Environmental and Materials Institute for Sustainable Energy, Engineering, University of Reggio University of Malta, Marsaxlokk, Calabria, Italy. Malta. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malta, Malta. 09:50 – 10:10 S5.2 Modelling Of A Novel Floating S6.2 Hydrodynamic Overview Of Platform With An Integrated Flexible Floating Thin Film PV Hydraulic Accumulator For Arrays Offshore Energy Storage K. Trapani and D.L. Millar Applications Energy Renewables and Carbon D. Buhagiar and T. Sant Management, MIRARCO, Sudbury, Department of Mechanical Canada. Engineering, University of Malta,