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WECANet Conference from 6-7 March 2023 in Ghent, Belgium

The Book of Abstracts is online and can be downloaded below:

 

 

 

 

The Photo album is online and can be accessed below:

 

 

 

 

The 'Working Group 1 Report of Common Activities' can be downloaded below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Local organizer: Prof. Peter Troch, Civil Engineering Department, Ghent University 

 

Program:

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Day 1 (Monday March 6):

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  • 08:30 - 09:00   Arrival and registrations at Zebrastraat Conference venue in Ghent city center

    • Information on how to get there and parking can be found here

    • A detailed plan of the location is available here 

    • Conference room 'Ned Kahn'

  • 09:00 - 09:30    Welcome by the WECANet Chair and Local organiser of the Conference

  • 09:30 - 10:45    Plenary session 1: WG1 overview by WG1 leader(s) + selected presentations

  • 10:45 - 11:15    Coffee break

  • 11:15 - 12:30    Plenary session 2: WG2 overview by WG2 leader(s) + selected presentations

  • 12:30 - 13:30    Snack and refreshments 

  • 13:30 - 14:45    Plenary session 3: WG3 overview by WG3 leader(s) + selected presentations

  • 14:45 - 15:15    Coffee break

  • 15:15 - 16:50    Plenary session 4: WG4 overview by WG4 leader(s) + selected presentations

  • 17:00 - 18:00    Poster Session

  • 17:00 - 18:00    Management Committee meeting (for MC members only)

    • A detailed plan of the location is available here 

    • Conference room 'Piranha'​

  • 19:30  - ...         Social dinner at restaurant SGOL in the city of Ghent  

  • Please ​check the presentation timetable with guidelines below:




     

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Day 2 (Tuesday March 7):

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1-page abstract submission for participation in the Assembly on 6-7 March 2023:

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  • Deadline for submission was 13 January 2023, applications are closed

  • Abstract submission to: contact@wecanet.eu

  • Mention Working Group

  • Possible topics in the list below

  • Use the provided abstract word template

     

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The abstract should present and explain your perspective on the Working Group that you have selected. This perspective should be focused towards identifying future activities that you and others may develop within and outside of the WECANet program, or past activities possibly related to Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs). Upon acceptance, your abstract may be selected for a poster or presentation. The abstracts will not be followed by submission of full papers or presentations, but will be published in the electronic Book of Abstracts of the Conference.

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Upon abstract acceptance and after the Conference, participants will receive reimbursement of travel, accommodation and subsistence costs as defined by the COST rules and the WECANet budget plan for Grant Period. Check 'Join WECANet and COST rules' here. 

Therefore, participants will have to be registered on the e-cost platform.

 

 

TOPICS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PER WORKING GROUP:

 

 

Working Group 1: Numerical hydrodynamic modelling for WECs, WEC arrays/farms and wave energy resources

  • Array modelling of wave energy converters

  • Spectral domain modelling of WECs

  • Design of benchmarks (combined with activities related to WG2)

  • Multiscale modelling (coupling between codes for WEC simulation)

  • Multiphysics focusing on fluid-structure(WEC) interaction (Coupling between codes for WEC simulation)

 

Working Group 2: Experimental hydrodynamic modelling and testing of WECs, WEC arrays/farms, PTO systems, and field data

  • experimental databases: review of the state-of-the-art

  • validation and assessment of the numerical modelling uncertainties: benchmark methodologies (also linked to topic in WG1)

  • experimental model set-up and field device instrumentation: problem identification and guidelines collection and assessment of their effectiveness

  • wave emulators to perform dry tests for PTO systems: existing installations, integrated modelling approaches comprising wave emulator for PTO and hydrodynamic modelling

  • integrated optimization approach: the role of experimental hydrodynamic modelling in the wider optimization context (aspects as: economical, non-technical barriers, environmental, social) - this is a crosscutting theme that should be discussed with the other WGs.

 

Working Group 3: Technology of WECs and WEC arrays

  • WEC survivability

  • WEC design optimization

  • electrical aspects

 

Working Group 4: Impacts and economics of wave energy and how they affect decision- and policy-making

  • identification of resource, environmental and legal frameworks that support and/or hinder wave energy in MS and the EU, uncertainties-influence of resource, device and legal frameworks in the evaluation of WEC(s).

  • investigate the awareness and acceptance of WECs, at various levels stakeholder, local communities, identify perception barriers.

  • identification of innovation and financing potential, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), to devise a helpful metric for WECs convergence.

  • explore market potential of wave energy in current (and future) mix of renewables, suggesting niche markets/applications where WECs can contribute.

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Participants of the 4th WECANet Assembly organised on 6-7 March in Ghent, Belgium.

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