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DHI – Deep Water Ocean Basin

TA06 – KIT-DHI-DeepOceanBasin 

Location

Agern Allé 5

2970 Hørsholm,  Denmark 

Description

The Deep Water Ocean Basin at the Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) is a large test facility where realistic sea waves can be generated. The combination of size, water depth and wave maker provide unique opportunities for cost effective experiments of wave structure interaction. The facility is 30m wide, 20m long, and has an overall water depth of 3m with a deep central pit with a 12m depth.

Realistic multi-directional (3D) waves can be generated using the 60-flap wave maker. For irregular waves, stochastic as well as deterministic reproduction is possible. In addition to the wave generation capabilities, steady current and wind loading is available in the installation. The facility is primarily used for experiments of water and structure interaction with focus on moored floating structures and deep water fixed structures such as floating offshore wind turbines or energy converters.

The facility can be equipped with a wind generator that can be operated together with the basin thus generating a unique testing facility of floating offshore wind.

Testing Capabilities

  • Floating offshore wind
  • Moored floating structures
  • Ocean energy

Technical Equipment

  • Water Surface Elevation Measurement
  • Current Velocity Measurement
  • Wind Velocity Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Force Measurement
  • Optical Tracking Measurement
  • Acceleration Measurement

All instruments are synchronised and sampled in the inhouse DHI acquisition software

Additional information

Technology Readiness Level: 4-6

Special considerations: N/A 

Technology clusters: Ocean Energy, Offshore Wind

Website: http://www.testfacilities.eu/listings/dhi-deep-water-ocean-basin/

Availability: All year

Provision of tools to prepare data sets in a FAIR way:  Yes 

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