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- Thesis:
Pérez-Ortiz
… with analytical solutions for inviscid flow past a circular cylinder located in the centre of a channel and in the vicinity of a wall. The model is then validated against laboratory measurements of flow patterns for impulsively-started flow past a submerged circular cylinder, and for flow …
- Thesis:
Reynolds
… A novel control strategy is proposed for the control of two fixed pitch tidal turbines subjected to discrete flow speeds whilst interconnected in an … (OPEX) incurred through offshore equipment failure. An added benefit is utilisation of a single shared export cable for both turbines, thereby reducing Capital Expenditure (CAPEX). By lowering the cost of installing and maintaining an array, it is anticipated that the commercial viability of the …
- Thesis:
Vezza
… be done in part by considering anti-biofouling solutions: the reduction, removal and recording of associated marine organisms which can impact numerous turbine operations, such as obstructing … heat exchange or increasing blade drag, and can provoke environmental concerns. The aim of this thesis is to develop a comprehensive, quick and cost effective anti-biofouling approach … and record biofouling for engineering purposes and in relation to the potential presence of alien invasive species. A three stage anti-biofouling strategy for non-scientific turbine …
- Thesis:
Hudson
… decades, offshore renewable energy is expected to play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of global electricity supply essential for limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to an acceptable level. The cost of utilising expensive vessels to install and maintain these marine energy devices represents a significant proportion of their life-cycle cost and one of the major barriers to their continued development. It is …
- Thesis:
Kenny
… to global energy security and sustainability. However, the high initial Levelised Cost Of Energy (LCOE) of MRE, as well as issues with survivability and reliability, present challenges for its … This is achieved by monitoring critical subsystems for the detection and prediction of faults and allowing for maintenance personnel to take mitigating action prior to subsystem or …
- Thesis:
Lin
… energy convertors are designed to use either vertical (heave) or horizontal (surge) movements of waves. But the frequency response of small heaving buoys and oscillating water column devices shows that they are too stiff and so … that a device that moved at some intermediate slope angle could have an intermediate value of hydrodynamic stiffness and so be resonant at a variable and desirable part of the wave …
- Book Chapter:
Salter
… This paper describes the work of the Edinburgh group on their duck. It reviews the techniques used to improve device productivity by controlling both power take-off and mounting-movement. It outlines the results of a test programme on long compliant spines and discusses costing methodology. Some future …
- Thesis:
Child
… In this thesis, certain issues relating to a number of wave energy absorbers operating in the same vicinity are investigated. Specifically, arrangements of the devices within such an array are sought, such that beneficial hydrodynamic interference between members is exploited and unwanted effects mitigated. Arrays of ‘point absorber’ devices as well as converters with multiple closely spaced floats are …
- Thesis:
Naberezhnykh
… among renewable technologies due to its high predictability, making it an essential part of the renewable energy mix. However, extracting energy from turbulent and energetic tidal sites … to higher safety factors and increased device costs. This work investigates the suitability of current methodologies and wind-based turbulence models for tidal applications. It aims to … for fatigue loading, helping to reduce uncertainty in device design. Comparisons of semi-empirical models to turbulence measurements from four Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers …
- Thesis:
Kreimair
… power assessment, uncertainties arise from model assumptions and the inexact specification of physical and numerical model parameters. Combined, such uncertainties can greatly affect power estimates for a given site. The thesis examines the effects of bed roughness and turbine drag uncertainties on turbine power estimates. An analytic model is developed for transfer of bed friction uncertainty to power extracted from turbines in a strait, representative of a …
- Book Chapter:
Vaughan and Ferreira
… The assessment of structural loads and design of wave energy converters (WECs) has primarily been driven by the expertise of the oil and gas (O&G), offshore wind and maritime industries. This includes application of …
- Book Chapter:
Folley and Forehand
… (WECs) to model WEC arrays; it is simply correctly defining the geometric layout and degrees-of-freedom. Indeed, these multiple degree-of-freedom array models are the most common method used for modelling WEC arrays. However, in … important to recognize that the computational effort increases approximately with the square of the number of degrees-of-freedom. In addition, in a WEC array model it is also important to …
- Book Chapter:
Jaksic et al.
… The structural design of marine tidal turbine blades is governed by the hydrodynamic shape of the aerofoil, extreme loadings and composite material mechanical properties. The design of the aerofoil, chord and twist distribution along the blade is generated to optimise turbine …
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