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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Marine Energy Documents Related to Current

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Current.

Total: 3412

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Coupled Translational–Rotational Stability Analysis of a Submersible Ocean Current Converter Platform Mooring System under Typhoon Wave Lin, S-M., Utama, D-W., Liauh, C-T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring, Structural, Substructure
Using vortex generators for flow separation control on tidal turbine profiles and blades Manolesos, M., Chung, L., Kaufmann, N. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Device Design and Periodic Motion Control of an Ocean Kite System for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting Vermillion, C. Report Current, Kite Lab Data, Modeling Control, Performance, Structural
Assessing the Prospect of Joint Exploitations of Offshore Wind, Wave, and Tidal Stream Energy in the Adjacent Waters of China Lian, Z., Yu, W., Du, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Wave
Pool-Based Tow System for Testing Tethered Hydrokinetic Devices Being Developed to Harvest Energy From Ocean Currents Vadlamannati, A., Dillon, H., Naik, K. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Kite Lab Data
Hybridized Vertical-Axis Underwater Current Power Turbine System Suitable for Low Underwater Current Velocities: A Report of Its Application and Potential in Imo River, Nigeria Agbakwuru, J., Arome, S. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Riverine Field Data Hybrid Devices, Performance
Reliability evaluation of the renewable energy-based microgrids considering resource variation Nargeszar, A., Ghaedi, A., Nafar, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration
Hydrokinetic energy harvesting from flow-induced vibration of a hollow cylinder attached with a bi-stable energy harvester Huang, X., Zhong, T. Journal Article Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration Modeling Performance
Bionic investigation of a dolphin head-based hydrofoil with emphasis on energy performance and flow characteristics Zhang, J., Zhang, R., Huang, Z. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
CFD Simulations of the Effects of Wave and Current on Power Performance of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Stream Turbine Liu, B., Park, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Development and validation of an AI-Driven model for the La Rance tidal barrage: A generalisable case study Moreira, T., de Faria Jr., J., Vaz-de-Melo, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Design models for small run-of-river hydropower plants: a review Tsuanyo, D., Amougou, B., Aziz, A. Journal Article Current, Riverine Modeling Performance, Structural
Physical Modelling of Tidal Stream Turbine Wake Structures under Yaw Conditions Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Angeloudis, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
The performance analysis of the low-speed direct-drive generators for harvesting current energy Chen, P-Y., Lee, K-Y., Huang, P. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data Performance
How Applicable Are Turbulence Assumptions Used in the Tidal Energy Industry? Naberezhnykh, A., Ingram, D., Ashton, I. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Solutions for Vertical-Axis Turbines Dorge, C., Bibeau, E. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Introducing a design procedure for Archimedes Screw Turbine based on optimization algorithm Shahverdi, K., Najafi, G., Mamat, R. Journal Article Current, Archimedes Screw Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Structural
Maneuverability prediction of the wave glider considering ocean currents Sang, H., Zhang, Z., Sun, X. Journal Article Current, Kite, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics
Tidal turbine support in microgrid frequency regulation through novel cascade Fuzzy-FOPID droop in de-loaded region Singh, K., Arya, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Control, Grid Integration
A Multicontinuum-Theory-Based Approach to the Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites with Degraded Stiffness and Strength Properties Due to Moisture Absorption Anderson, E., Gunawan, B., Nicholas, J. Journal Article Current, Wave Lab Data, Modeling Materials
Experimental and multiphase modeling of small vertical-axis hydrokinetic turbine with free-surface variations Yosry, A., Alvarez, E., Valdes, R. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Numerical investigation on the performance of an innovative Airfoil-Bladed Savonius Hydrokinetic Turbine (ABSHKT) with deflector Chaudhari, V., Shah, S. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance
Power fluctuation and wake characteristics of tidal stream turbine subjected to wave and current interaction Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zheng, Y. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Effect of the geometric configuration of the pendulum system of tandem cylinders (PSTC) on the hydrokinetic energy conversion efficiency of wake-induced vibration Jang, Y., Kim, H., Lee, C. Journal Article Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration Lab Data Performance, Structural
Toward the Instrumentation and Data Acquisition of a Tidal Turbine in Real Site Conditions Murray, R., Simms, A., Bharath, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data Materials, Substructure
A review of geographic information system (GIS) and techno economic (TE) software tools for renewable energy and methodology to develop a coupled GIS-TE software tool for marine renewable energy (MRE) O’Connell, R., Murphy, J., McAuliffe, F. Journal Article Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Field Data, Modeling
What are the UK power system benefits from deployments of wave and tidal stream generation? Pennock, S., Jeffrey, H. Report Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling
Induction study of a horizontal axis tidal turbine: Analytical models compared with experimental results Jouenne, L., Druault, P., Krawczynski, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Numerical investigation of the spatial integration effect on the velocity spectrum: Consequences in the wind or tidal turbine power spectrum Druault, P., Krawczynski, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
An automatic parallel scheme to design an augmented hydrokinetic river turbine using a simulation-based optimization approach Dorella, J., Volpe, N., Storti, B. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Riverine Modeling Structural
Design and on-site implementation of an off-grid marine current powered hydrogen production system Liu, H., Ren, H., Gu, Y. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hybrid Devices, Performance, Structural
Dynamical analysis of a novel hybrid oceanic tidal-wave energy converter system Silva, R., Nunes, M., Oliveira, F. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
Modelling of oscillating foil propulsors in waves Lopes, D., Vaz, G., Falcao de Campos, J. Journal Article Current, Oscillating Hydrofoil Modeling Hydrodynamics
Evaluating energy loss with the entropy production theory: A case study of a micro horizontal axis river ducted turbine Wang, X., Yan, Y., Wang, W. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Riverine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Model-scale experiments of passive pitch control for tidal turbines Gambuzza, S., Pisetta, G., Davey, T. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Contribution to the study of electromagnetic gears for renewable energy applications Diab, H. Thesis Current, Tidal, Wave Power Take Off, Substructure
A trade off study of metal and composite turbines using fluid structure interaction modeling Gunawan, B., Kim, D., Abdellatef, M. Presentation Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance
Optimising tidal arrays using the DTOceanPlus design tools Noble, D. Presentation Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling
Numerical simulation of fluid dynamic performance of turbulent flow over Hunter turbine with variable angle of blades Nazarieh, M., Kariman, H., Hoseinzadeh, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Marine energy - From bathtub to the big blue Largue, P., Kermode, N. Current, Wave Test Center
A Control Strategy for Tidal Current Turbine Arrays Considering Both Power and Load Aspects Zhang, Y., Shek, J., Mueller, M. Presentation Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Performance
A Review of Offshore Renewable Energy in South America: Current Status and Future Perspectives Shadman, M., Roldan-Carvajal, M., Pierat, F. Journal Article Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Field Data Hybrid Devices
Statistical Analysis on The Near-Wake Region of RANS Turbulence Closure Models for Vertical Axis Tidal Turbine Rahim, M., Abdul-Rahman, A., Rahman, A. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Study of Supply Chain Management of Industrial Plan Manufacturing Development of Marine Power Turbine in Indonesia Kasharjanto, A., Erwandi, Mintarso, C. Conference Paper Current
Potential sites for the use of ocean energy in the Mexican Caribbean Chávez, V., Barcenas, J., Martínez, M. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current, Wave, OTEC
A review of energy extraction from wind and ocean: Technologies, merits, efficiencies, and cost Rehman, S., Alhems, L., Alam, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Performance
Tidal Energy and Coastal Models: Improved Turbine Simulation Gwenter, R. Thesis Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural, Substructure
Parametric Structural Design of Vertical-Axis Tidal Turbine Arrays Clay, A. Thesis Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance, Structural, Substructure
Feasibility Study for Renewable Energy Technologies in Alaska Offshore Waters: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Meadows, R., Cooperman, A., Koleva, M. Report Current, Tidal, Wave Field Data
An Inequality Indicator for High-Resistance Connection Fault Diagnosis in Marine Current Turbine Jia, D., Wang, T., Amirat, Y. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling
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