FloWaveTT

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The FloWave TT ocean energy research facility is designed to test physical scale models of marine renewable energy devices, in a combined wave and current environment.

The facility is located at The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings campus, on Max Born Crescent. It comprises a {{convert|25|m|ft|adj=on}} diameter circular tank, with 168 active-absorbing wave makers around the circumference, and 28 pumps arranged beneath the raisable floor. These allow the creation of multi-directional random waves with current in any direction across the {{convert|15|m|ft|adj=on}} diameter, {{convert|2|m|ft|adj=on}} deep test area.{{cite web|title=The Facility|url=http://www.flowavett.co.uk/the-facility|publisher=FloWaveTT|accessdate=7 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825152508/http://www.flowavett.co.uk/the-facility|archive-date=25 August 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|last1=Davey|first1=T|last2=Brown|first2=S|last3=Bryden|first3=I|last4=Ingram|first4=D|last5=Robinson|first5=A|last6=Wallace|first6=R|title=The All-Waters Test Facility – The Role of a New Facility in Physical Modelling for Marine and Coastal Engineering|journal=ICE Breakwaters|date=2013|url=http://www.ice.org.uk/ICE_Web_Portal/media/Events/Breakwaters%202013/The-All-Waters-Test-Facility---The-Role-Of-A-New-Facility-In-Physical-Modelling-For-Marine-And-Coastal-Engineering.pdf|accessdate=24 April 2014}} The facility is optimised for approximately 1/10th to 1/40th scale model tests, with scale waves approximately {{convert|14|m|ft|adj=on}} high and with a current of 7 knots.

Construction of the facility started late in 2010, and was completed in autumn 2013. The opening was on 5 June 2014,{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=James|title=Spectacular wave tank opens in Edinburgh|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27702506|accessdate=7 June 2014|publisher=BBC News|date=5 June 2014}} with the Energy Minister Amber Rudd officially opening the facility on 6 August 2014.{{cite news|last1=Murray|first1=James|title=FloWave marine energy research centre officially opens for business|url=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2358979/flowave-marine-energy-research-centre-officially-opens-for-business|accessdate=19 November 2014|publisher=Business Green|date=6 Aug 2014}}

FloWave TT is a wholly owned subsidiary of the university, and the £10M construction cost of the facility was primarily funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).{{cite web |title=Unique EPSRC-funded test facility will help technology go with the flow |url=http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/wavetest |publisher=EPSRC |accessdate=22 March 2016 |date=22 May 2012}}