Design of a 20-Ton Capacity Finfish Aquaculture Feeding Buoy

Author

Turmelle, Chad A. ; Swift, M. Robinson ; Celikkol, Barbaros ; Chambers, Michael ; DeCew, Judson ; Fredriksson, David W. ; Rice, Glen ; Swanson, Kurt

Author_Institution

Center for Ocean Eng., New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH

fYear

2006

fDate

18-21 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A design for a 20-ton capacity buoy was developed to feed fish in four submerged cages at an exposed site south of the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, USA. The buoy was designed to contain all the equipment necessary to accomplish the feed dispensing tasks as well as have the strength and stability to remain on location in a variety of sea states. New feed handling and distribution systems were developed and tested. To evaluate seakeeping response a Froude scaled physical model was constructed and tested at the Ocean Engineering wave/tow tank at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The mooring system was designed using the UNH developed finite element analysis program called Aqua-FE. The prototype buoy is now under construction, and is scheduled for deployment in late summer 2006

Keywords

aquaculture; finite element analysis; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; Aqua-FE program; Froude scaled physical model; Isles of Shoals; New Hampshire; Ocean Engineering wave; USA; feed distribution systems; feed handling systems; finfish aquaculture feeding buoy; finite element analysis program; mooring system; sea states; submerged cages; tow tank; Aquaculture; Design engineering; Electronic ballasts; Engine cylinders; Feeds; Foot; Oceans; Prototypes; Stability; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0114-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0115-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307136

Filename

4098932