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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: 3477

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Tidal barrage operational optimisation using wave energy control techniques Ringwood, J., Faedo, N. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling Control
Modeling the Effects of Surface Waves on Power Generation of Cross-Flow Turbines Hartke, S., Pujara, N., Franck, J. Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Ocean Testing of Hydrokinetic Turbines Schurtenberger, W. Presentation Current, Tidal, Ocean Current Field Data Performance, Structural
Performance of a cross-flow turbine array at high confinement Hunt, A., Polagye, B. Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Scale Device Array Effects, Performance
Field Testing of Water Horse Current Energy Converter Loeffler, B., Kasper, J., Duvoy, P. Presentation Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration Field Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Layout and Design Considerations for a Confinement-Exploiting Array of Cross-flow Turbines Polagye, B., Terry, B., Hunt, A. Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Riverine Modeling Array Effects
Assessing the Risk of Hurricane Damage to Marine Hydrokinetic Devices Faria, V., Jamaleddin, N., deQueiroz, A. Presentation Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring
Implementation of the Spatial Environmental Assessment Toolkit McWilliams, S., Jones, C., Roberts, J. Presentation Current, Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
MHK Wake flow field and power generation predictions using physics-informed convolutional neural networks Zhang, Z., Khosronejad, A. Presentation Current Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Design and testing of an open-source tidal energy converter to advance Marine Energy IEC standards Bichanich, M., Wosnik, M., Neary, V. Presentation Current, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
A Grid-Based Interpolation Procedure for Turbulence Analysis in Riverine Settings Duvoy, P., Brown, E., Kasper, J. Presentation Current, Riverine Modeling
OpenFAST for Marine Turbines: Development of an Open-Source Modeling Tool Ross, H., Tran, T., Platt, A. Presentation Current Modeling
Recent Progress in Subcomponent Validation of Composite Joints for the Marine Energy Advanced Materials Project Murdy, P. Presentation Current, Wave Lab Data, Full Scale Materials, Structural
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 Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration, Wave Field Data, Modeling Control, Hydrodynamics
The Influence of a Slack Current Threshold on Tidal Energy Resource Characterization Ruhl, C., Neary, V., Banerjee, A. Presentation Current, Tidal Modeling
Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation on a Horizontal Tidal Current Turbine Kim, D., Gunawan, B. Presentation Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Deployment of Thermoplastic Composite Marine Current Turbine Blades in the East River, New York Beach, R., Murray, R., Bharath, A. Presentation Current, Tidal Field Data, Full Scale Materials, Performance
Integrated Combined Energy Box McGilton, B., Nakhai, A. Presentation Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling Control, Grid Integration
Debris risks and mitigation strategies for hydrokinetic turbines Gunawan, B., Papanicolaou, A., Hill, C. Presentation Current, Riverine
The Influence of Cycle-to-Cycle Variation on Cross-Flow Turbine Performance Snortland, A., Scherl, I., Williams, O. 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 Current, Tidal, Wave
Turbulence Modeling to Support Tidal Energy Resource Characterization in the Western Passage, USA Yang, Z., Deb, M., Wang, T. Presentation Current, Tidal Modeling
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 Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Materials, Performance
Integration and Demonstration of Marine Energy Models with Microgrid Software Barajas-Ritchie, A., Jackson, D., Cotilla-Sanchez, E. Presentation Current, Wave Modeling Performance, Power Take Off
In-Situ Performance and Load Measurements for a Grid Connected Tidal Energy Conversion System Wosnik, M., O'Byrne, P., Bichanich, M. Presentation Current, Tidal Field Data Performance
Optimization of Intracycle Velocity Control for Cross Flow Turbines Athair, A., Scherl, I., Snortland, A. Presentation Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Control
Power density capacity of tidal stream turbine arrays with horizontal and vertical axis turbines Ouro, P., Dené, P., Garcia-Novo, P. 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 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 Current, Tidal Field Data
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 Current, Axial Flow Turbine Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Performance enhancement of low speed current savonius tidal turbines through adding semi-cylindrical deflectors Samadi, M., Hassanabad, M., Mozafari, A. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
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 Current, Tidal Modeling Control
Design and performance evaluation of bionics-based combined blade for horizontal axis tidal current hydroturbine Zhang, K., Li, J., Gao, Z. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Structural
T1.7.3 Test Procedure Report 2 IEC TS62600-200 Feedback and Recommendations for Floating TEC Incident Resource Measurement for Power Performance Assessment Dibb, C. Report Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Kite
Exploitation potential of tidal current energy in Southern China seas Wen, Y., Lin, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
A Comparison of Tidal Turbine Characteristics Obtained from Field and Laboratory Testing Schmitt, P., Fu, S., Benson, I. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data, Lab Data Performance
A Numerical Performance Analysis of a Rim-Driven Turbine in Real Flow Conditions Song, K., Kang, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Design, dynamic modeling and wave basin verification of a Hybrid Wave–Current Energy Converter Chen, S., Jiang, B. , Li, X. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance, Power Take Off
Developing an empirical model for added turbulence in a wake of tidal turbine Shariff, K., Guillou, S. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Control Co-Design for Buoyancy-Controlled MHK Turbine: A Nested Optimization of Geometry and Spatial-Temporal Path Planning Hasankhani, A., Tang, Y., Snyder, A. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Control
Hydrodynamic performance of a mono-tangent backward-rotating impeller based on tidal current energy utilization Wu, Z., Xu, Q., Ling, C-M. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal 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 Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
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 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 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 Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Array Effects, Substructure
Integrated Path Planning and Tracking Control of Marine Current Turbine in Uncertain Ocean Environments Hasankhani, A., Ondes, E., Tang, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Control
Recent Developments of Tidal Energy as Renewable Energy: An Overview Ahmad, M., Kumar, A., Ranjan, R. 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 Current, Wave Modeling Grid Integration
Datasets for turbulence characterization collected with AD2CPs in potential tidal energy sites in Australia Perez, L., Cossu, R., Grinham, A. 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 Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Structural
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