Current

Capturing energy from tidal channels, ocean currents, or rivers.

Current energy can be captured from tidal channels, ocean currents, or rivers. Ocean current energy technologies capture the energy from the relatively constant flow of ocean currents, which are driven by several factors, including wind, bathymetry, and the rotation of the Earth, as well as water temperature, density, and salinity. Tidal energy technologies capture the energy from flow induced by the rise and fall of tides, which is driven by gravitational influence of the moon and sun on the Earth’s oceans. Land or subsea constrictions, such as straits and inlets, can create high velocity currents at specific sites, making them suitable for electricity generation. Riverine energy technologies extract the kinetic energy from flowing water in rivers to generate electricity. Although not technically a marine resource, as part of the natural hydrological cycle, water from drainage basins, groundwater springs, and snow melt feed rivers that flow towards lakes, seas, and oceans.

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Affiliated Marine Energy Engineering Documents

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Title Author Date Publication Type Type of Content Technology Collection Method Application
Implementation of the Spatial Environmental Assessment Toolkit McWilliams, S., Jones, C., Roberts, J. Presentation Presentation Current, Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
Optimization of Intracycle Velocity Control for Cross Flow Turbines Athair, A., Scherl, I., Snortland, A. Presentation Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Control
Deployment of Thermoplastic Composite Marine Current Turbine Blades in the East River, New York Beach, R., Murray, R., Bharath, A. Presentation Presentation Current, Tidal Field Data, Full Scale Materials, Performance
Turbulence Modeling to Support Tidal Energy Resource Characterization in the Western Passage, USA Yang, Z., Deb, M., Wang, T. Presentation Presentation Current, Tidal Modeling
In-Situ Performance and Load Measurements for a Grid Connected Tidal Energy Conversion System Wosnik, M., O'Byrne, P., Bichanich, M. Presentation Presentation Current, Tidal Field Data Performance
Recent Progress in Subcomponent Validation of Composite Joints for the Marine Energy Advanced Materials Project Murdy, P. Presentation Presentation Current, Wave Lab Data, Full Scale Materials, Structural
Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation on a Horizontal Tidal Current Turbine Kim, D., Gunawan, B. Presentation Presentation Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
The Influence of Cycle-to-Cycle Variation on Cross-Flow Turbine Performance Snortland, A., Scherl, I., Williams, O. Presentation Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Capturing Lessons Learned as the U.S. Marine Energy Industry Advances Farr, H., Gunda, T., Copping, A. Presentation Presentation Current, Tidal, Wave
Effects of surface roughness on performance of a helical cross-flow turbine made with electron beam melting (EBM) 3D-printed titanium blades Marone, N., Wosnik, M., Barrington, M. Presentation Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Materials, Performance
OpenFAST for Marine Turbines: Development of an Open-Source Modeling Tool Ross, H., Tran, T., Platt, A. Presentation Presentation Current Modeling
The Influence of a Slack Current Threshold on Tidal Energy Resource Characterization Ruhl, C., Neary, V., Banerjee, A. Presentation Presentation Current, Tidal Modeling
Debris risks and mitigation strategies for hydrokinetic turbines Gunawan, B., Papanicolaou, A., Hill, C. Presentation Presentation Current, Riverine
Status of the VIVACE Converter: Current and wave energy harvester using fluid structure interaction and fish-bioinspired control Bernitsas, M., Liapis, S., Sadiq, S. Presentation Presentation Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration, Wave Field Data, Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics
Integrated Combined Energy Box McGilton, B., Nakhai, A. Presentation Presentation Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling Control, Grid Integration
Power density capacity of tidal stream turbine arrays with horizontal and vertical axis turbines Ouro, P., Dené, P., Garcia-Novo, P. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Performance
Turbulence characterisation during ebbing and flooding tides in the Raz Blanchard with large eddy simulations. Mercier, P., Guillou, S., Thiébot, J. Conference Paper Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Comparison of dense optical flow and PIV techniques for mapping surface current flow in tidal stream energy sites McIlvenny, J., Williamson, B., Fairley, I. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data
Performance enhancement of low speed current savonius tidal turbines through adding semi-cylindrical deflectors Samadi, M., Hassanabad, M., Mozafari, A. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
A Comparison of Tidal Turbine Characteristics Obtained from Field and Laboratory Testing Schmitt, P., Fu, S., Benson, I. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Lab Data Performance
Design and performance evaluation of bionics-based combined blade for horizontal axis tidal current hydroturbine Zhang, K., Li, J., Gao, Z. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Structural
Design, dynamic modeling and wave basin verification of a Hybrid Wave–Current Energy Converter Chen, S., Jiang, B. , Li, X. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance, Power Take Off
A literature review on wake dissipation length of hydrokinetic turbines as a guide for turbine array configuration Nago, V., dos Santos, I., Gbedjinou, M. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
An Output Power Interval Control Strategy Based on Pseudo-Tip-Speed Ratio and Adaptive Genetic Algorithm for Variable-Pitch Tidal Stream Turbine Cai, Y., Li, M., Wang, T. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Control, Power Take Off
Exploitation potential of tidal current energy in Southern China seas Wen, Y., Lin, P. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
A deep learning-based optimization framework of two-dimensional hydrofoils for tidal turbine rotor design Wang, L., Xu, J., Luo, W. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Hydrodynamic performance of a mono-tangent backward-rotating impeller based on tidal current energy utilization Wu, Z., Xu, Q., Ling, C-M. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
The effects of surge motion on the dynamics and wake characteristics of a floating tidal stream turbine under free surface condition Peng, B., Zhang, Y., Zheng, Y. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Joint coordination of optimal power management and energy storage system sizing for a full-scale marine current turbine considering microgrid integration constraint Trabelsi, M., Molina, S., Charpentier, J. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Grid Integration, Hybrid Devices
State of the Art in Floating Tidal Current Power Plant Using Multi-Vertical-Axis-Turbines Junianto, S., Fadilah, W., Adila, A. Conference Paper Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Array Effects, Substructure
Recent Developments of Tidal Energy as Renewable Energy: An Overview Ahmad, M., Kumar, A., Ranjan, R. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal
A Review of AC and DC Collection Grids for Offshore Renewable Energy with a Qualitative Evaluation for Marine Energy Resources Fjellstedt, C., Ullah, M., Forslund, J. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Grid Integration
Experimental investigation of the upstream turbulent flow modifications in front of a scaled tidal turbine Druault, P., Germain, G. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Flow effects of finite-sized tidal turbine arrays in the Chacao Channel, Southern Chile Soto-Rivas, K., Richter, D., Escauriaza, C. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Temporal complementarity of marine renewables with wind and solar generation: Implications for GB system benefits Pennock, S., Coles, D., Angeloudis, A. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Grid Integration
A parametric study on the hydrodynamics of tidal turbine blade deformation Zilic de Arcos, F., Vogel, C., Wilden, R. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Datasets for turbulence characterization collected with AD2CPs in potential tidal energy sites in Australia Perez, L., Cossu, R., Grinham, A. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics
Investigating the flow dynamics and turbulence at a tidal-stream energy site in a highly energetic estuary Thiébaut, M., Quillien, N., Maison, A. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics
Experimental investigation on wake and thrust characteristics of a twin-rotor horizontal axis tidal stream turbine Zhang, J., Zhou, Y., Lin, X. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Structural
Performance and near-wake analysis of a vertical-axis hydrokinetic turbine under a turbulent inflow Dhalwala, M., Bayram, A., Oshkai, P. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Global riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Riverine Modeling
Maximizing tidal energy conversion by adopting hydraulic transformation and LMI based robust control Yin, X., Pan, L., Lei, M. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Control, Power Take Off, Structural
Numerical study on ocean current energy converter by tandem cylinder with different diameter using flow-induced vibration Bai, X., Chen, Y., Sun, H. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration Modeling Power Take Off
Potential and prospects of hydrokinetic energy in Malaysia: A review Maldar, N., Ng, C., Patel, M. Journal Article Journal Article Current
Design and optimization of a bidirectional rim-generator turbine runner: Hydraulic performance optimization and structure strength evaluation Luo, Y., Cao, J., Wang, Z. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Spatiotemporal Optimization for Vertical Path Planning of an Ocean Current Turbine Hasankhani, A., Tang, Y., VanZwieten, J. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Control
Ocean energy applications for coastal communities with artificial intelligence: a state-of-the-art review Zhou, Y. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Control, Grid Integration, Performance
Numerical investigation of the erosion behavior in blades of tidal current turbine Gao, Y., Liu, H., Lin, Y. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Structural
Modelling and simulation of tidal energy generation system: a systematic literature review Kangaji, L., Orumwense, E., Abo-Al-Ez, K. Journal Article Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Experimental Comparison between Hydrokinetic Turbines: Darrieus vs. Gorlov Espina-Valdes, R., Gharib-Yosry, A., Ferraiuolo, R. Conference Paper Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Performance
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