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Title Author Date Content type Technology Collection Method Application
Estimating the optimum size of a tidal array at a multi-inlet system considering environmental and performance constraints Gonzalez-Gorbena, E., Pacheco, A., Plomaritis, T. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Numerical simulations of biofouling effects on the tidal turbine hydrodynamic Rivier, A., Bennis, A., Jean, G. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Blade element momentum theory for a tidal turbine Vogel, C., Willden, R., Houlsby, G. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Research on the Hydrodynamic Performance of a Vertical Axis Current Turbine with Forced Oscillation Ma, Y., Hu, C., Li, Y. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of the Vertical Axis Twin-Rotor Tidal Current Turbine Ma, Y., Hu, C., Li, Y. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Validation of a Coupled Electrical and Hydrodynamic Simulation Model for a Vertical Axis Marine Current Energy Converter Forslund, J., Goude, A. , Thomas, K. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Control, Performance
Field-testing of model helical-bladed hydrokinetic turbines for small-scale power generation Talukdar, P., Kulkarni, V., Saha, U. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Field Data Performance
Variation of loads on a three-bladed horizontal axis tidal turbine with frequency and blade position Payne, G., Stallard, T., Martinez, R. Journal Article Current, Tidal Scale Device Performance, Structural
Actuator-line CFD modelling of tidal-stream turbines in arrays Apsley, D., Stallard, T., Stansby, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Numerical Study of a Guide-Vane-Augmented Vertical Darrieus Tidal-Current-Turbine Liu, Z., Wang, Z., Shi, H. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Added-mass effects on a horizontal-axis tidal turbine using FAST v8 Murray, R., Thresher, R., Jonkman, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance
Short-term extreme response and fatigue damage of an integrated offshore renewable energy system Li, L., Cheng, Z., Yuan, Z. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hybrid Devices, Mooring, Performance
Experimental investigation of the energy extraction by a fully-passive flapping-foil hydrokinetic turbine prototype Boudreau, M., Dumas, G., Rahimpour, M. Journal Article Current, Oscillating Hydrofoil Lab Data Performance, Structural
The effects of oblique waves and currents on the loadings and performance of tidal turbines Martinez, R., Payne, G., Bruce, T. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
Global Optimization of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine with Shroud Sakaguchi D., Kyozuka, Y. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance, Structural
Tidal & River Energy Converters Power Curve Assessment: a standard protocol derived from IEC 62600-200 Larivier-Gillet, N., Barrou, K., Prevost, F. Conference Paper Current, Riverine, Tidal Performance
Dynamic stability of a surfaced current turbine system Lin, S., Chien, Y., Hsu, H. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
Design Process for a Scale Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine Blade Ellis, R., Allmark, M., O'Doherty, T. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance, Structural
Development of Two-way Type Tidal power Optimization Program(K-TOP3.0) Lee, Y., Jang, T., Kim, H. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
The numerical analysis of a vertical axis turbine for current energy conversion Yang, M., Ciou, Z., Leu, S. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
Effect of Chord-wise Flexibility to the Power Extracting Efficiency of Tidal Current Energy Jianan, X., Daitao, G., Haiyang, Z. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Hydrodynamic Performance of a Towed Floating Kuroshio Current Turbine Tsai, J., Liao, Y., Chiu, F. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of the Turbine of 2x100kW Tidal Current Energy Generation Device Based on Tidal Bladed Software Li, Z., Yu, T., Wu, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
PLAT-O #2 at FloWave: A tank-scale validation of ProteusDS at modelling the response of a tidal device to currents (Part 2) Bivol, I., Jeffcoate, P., Johanning, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data Performance
A Sea-state Based Investigation for Performance Submerged Tensioned Mooring Supported Tidal Turbines Fu, S., Johnstone, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Mooring, Performance
Field Performance Testing of a Floating Tidal Energy Platform-Part 1: Power Performance Starzmann, R., Goebel, I., Jeffcoate, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Performance
Performance Enhancement Effort for Vertical-Axis Tidal-Current Turbine in Low Water Velocity Satrio, D., Utama, I., Mukhtasor Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance
Numerical simulation on hydrodynamic performance of parallel twin vertical axis tidal turbines Sun, K., Zhou, H., Zhang, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Wake measurement metrics and the dependence of tidal turbine wakes on turbine operating condition Ebdon, T., O'Doherty, D. , O'Doherty, T. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Performance
Turbulence Characteristics in Tidal Flows Using LES and ALM to Model the Tidal Power Fredriksson, S., Brostrom, G., Berqvist, B. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Release of a reliable open-source package for performance evaluation of ocean renewable energy devices Liu, Y., Yoshida, S., Yamamoto, H. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling Performance
Numerical Simulation Research on Output Characteristics of Tidal Turbine in Time-varying flow Tan, J., Zheng, Z., Yuan, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Improvement of Self-Starting of Darrieus Turbine by Pitch Variation Hiraki, K., Henzan, K. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine Performance, Structural
Characterising the effect of turbine operating point on momentum extraction of tidal turbine arrays Hachmann, C., Stallard, T., Lin, B. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Array Effects, Performance
Development of Passive Oil Compensated Shaft Seal Module for Kuroshio Turbine Guo, J., Mu, L., Huang, S. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
Laboratory Study of Tidal Turbine Performance in Irregular Waves Porter, K., Ordonez-Sanchez, S., Allmark, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
Prediction of the stability of a floating tidal turbine platform under towing conditions Koh, M., Ng, A. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Multi-year assessment of Reyonlds stress and turbulent kinetic energy at the European Marine Energy Centre in the absence of waves Wakelam, G., Sellar, B., Venugopal, V. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Novel energy coefficient used to predict efflux velocity of tidal current turbine Wang, S., Lam, W., Cui, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Experimental investigation of an innovative configuration for new marine current turbine Hassanzadeh, R., Yaakob, O., Gholami, A. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Lab Data Performance, Structural
Numerical investigation of channel effects on a vertical-axis tidal turbine rotating at variable speed Chen, B., Cheng, S., Su, T. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Accelerated life testing study of a novel tidal turbine blade attachment de la Torre, O. , Moore, D., Gavigan, D. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Effects of pitching motion profile on energy harvesting performance of a semi-active flapping foil using immersed boundary method Li, W., Wang, W., Yan, Y. Journal Article Current, Oscillating Hydrofoil Modeling Performance
Deployment of a floating tidal energy plant in the Marsdiep inlet: resource assessment, environmental characterization and power output Ponsoni, L., Nichols, C., Buatois, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Performance of non-uniform tidal turbine arrays in uniform flow Bonar, P., Adcock, T., Venugopal, V. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Performance and resilience of hydrokinetic turbine arrays under large migrating fluvial bedforms Musa, M., Hill, C., Sotiropoulos, F. Journal Article Current, Riverine Field Data, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Tidal stream resource characterisation in progressive versus standing wave systems Ward, S., Robins, P., Lewis, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Hydrodynamic modelling for structural analysis of tidal stream turbine blades Allsop, S. Thesis Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance, Structural
The Effect of Control Strategy on Tidal Stream Turbine Performance in Laboratory and Field Experiments Frost, C. , Benson, I., Jeffcoate, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Lab Data Control, Performance
Tidal Turbine Array Optimization Based on the Discrete Particle Swarm Algorithm Wu, G., Wu, H., Wang, X. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance

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