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DTOcean is an open-source tool for design and techno-economic assessment of marine renewable energy arrays.
DTOcean can calculate:
- Optimal ocean energy converter (OEC) positioning
- Energy export infrastructure
- Station keeping requirements based on OEC performance and site conditions
- Installation planning with weather effects
- Maintenance planning, simulating OEC downtime
- Environmental impact assessment (experimental)
And features include:
- A unique statistical approach to calculating levelized cost of energy (LCOE)
- OEC reliability influenced at component level
- Graphical user interface
- Persistent database
- Wizard based installation (for Windows)
This repository contains DTOcean installation wizards and can also be used for submitting and tracking issues.
- For 64 and 32-bit Windows only.
See https://dtocean.github.io for the latest documentation.
This version of DTOcean was developed and published by Mathew Topper at Data Only Greater as a continuation of the EU FP7 DTOcean project.
Also, please check out the EU H2020 DTOceanPlus project, which expanded the scope of the DTOcean tools. The source code for DTOceanPlus is available here.
The DTOcean installation wizard (for 64 or 32-bit) can be downloaded from the Releases page.
The getting_started_example_files-*.zip zip folder can be downloaded from the
Releases page. See the "Getting
Started 1: Example Project" chapter of the docs
to see how it is used.
See the dtocean-database repository for download and installation instructions.
Note: DTOcean version 2.0.0 requires version 2.0.0 of the DTOcean database.
Installers for the "in-app" manual (accessed from the "Help" menu) can be downloaded from the dtocean.github.io repository.
Links to video tutorials for installing DTOcean can be found at www.dataonlygreater.com.
To uninstall, either select the "Uninstall DTOcean" icon from the "DTOcean (XX-bit)" start menu folder, or choose "DTOcean version 2.0.0+0" from "Programs and Features" in the control panel or "Apps & Features" in "Settings" (Windows 10).
Search for existing issues or create a new issue HERE.
Before submitting a new issue, please see if your problem is covered in our Any Asked Questions wiki page.
For general questions or advice, please contact the DTOcean Mailing List.
You may also wish to follow the Design tools for Ocean Energy Systems group on LinkedIn.
Other licenses may apply to individual components. Please see the source code for full licensing information.
While not required by the terms of the license, if you would like to acknowledge the use of DTOcean in a publication, please cite:
Topper, M. B. R., Nava, V., Collin, A. J., Bould, D., Ferri, F., Olson, S. S., ... & Jeffrey, H. F. (2019). Reducing variability in the cost of energy of ocean energy arrays. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 112, 263-279. Retrieved from https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1364032119303454