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: 3451

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Ocean Energy for Ocean Worlds Cavagnaro, R., Spence, H., Schmaus, C. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
A study into the potential economic value offered to Europe from the development and deployment of wave and tidal energy to 2050 Cochrane, C., Pennock, S., Jeffrey, H. Report Current, Wave
An integration fault detection method using stator voltage for marine current turbines Xie, T., Li, Z., Wang, T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device
Commercialization Strategy for Marine Energy National Hydropower Association, Marine Energy Council Report Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Riverine, Wave, OTEC
Tidal Energy Round Robin Tests: A Comparison of Flow Measurements and Turbine Loading Martinez, R., Gaurier, B., Ordonez-Sanchez, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Performance
Open center tidal turbine: How a new mooring system concept affects the performances Lo Zupone, G., Barbarelli, S., Liu, C. Journal Article Current, Kite, Tidal Modeling Mooring, Performance, Structural
Experimental investigation into effects of boundary proximity and blockage on horizontal-axis tidal turbine wake Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Zheng, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics
Marine Renewables Canada Annual Report 2020 Marine Renewables Canada Report Current, Wave
On the scaling of turbulence in a high Reynolds number tidal flow Milne, I. , Graham, J., Coles, D. Journal Article Current, Tidal Hydrodynamics
Energy absorption characteristics in hybrid composite materials for marine applications under impact loading: Case of tidal current turbine Laaouidi, H., Tarafaoui, M., Nachtane, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Materials, Structural
Policy and Innovation Group UK Ocean Energy UK Review 2020 Talukdar, S., Jeffrey, H. Report Current, Tidal, Wave
Design of tidal range energy generation schemes using a Genetic Algorithm model Xue, J., Ahmadian, R., Jones, O. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
GIS-linked tidal range energy resource assessment Baig, M., Uddin, Z., Insaf, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling
Experimental comparison of blade pitch and speed control strategies for horizontal-axis current turbines Van Ness, K., Hill, C., Burnett, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Scale Device Control, Performance
Tidal Energy Hosting Capacity in Australia’s Future Energy Mix Abad, M., Hayward, J., Sayeef, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration
Coaxial horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbine system: Numerical modeling and performance optimization Abutunis, A., Fal, M., Fashanu, O. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Riverine Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Structural
The impact of turbulence and turbine operating condition on the wakes of tidal turbines Ebdon, T., Allmark, M., O'Doherty, D. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Performance Characteristics of Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine with Tidal Current Interaction Hannan, M., Ahmed, Y., Zaid, N. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
A platform for Kuroshio Energy Harvesters Yeh, P-H., Tsai, S-Y., Chen, W-R. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Substructure
High-order sliding mode control of a doubly salient permanent magnet machine driving marine current turbine Chen, H., Tang, S., Han, J. Journal Article Current Control
Kelp Energy Products and Marine Renewable Energy for Coastal Alaska Communities Rinker, M., Airhart, K., Anderson, D. Report Current, Tidal, Wave
A radial-grouping-based planning method for electrical collector systems in tidal current generation farms Ren, Z., Li, H., Xu, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
Rotor blade imbalance fault detection for variable-speed marine current turbines via generator power signal analysis Freeman, B., Tang, Y., Huang, Y. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Structural
3D Simulation with Flow-Induced Rotation for Non-Deformable Tidal Turbines Robin, I., Bennis, A., Dauvin, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Imbalance Fault Classification Based on VMD Denoising and S-LDA for Variable-Speed Marine Current Turbine Wei, J., Xie, T., Shi, M. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
Ocean Energy Key Trends and Statistics 2020 Collombet, R. Report Current, Tidal, Wave Full Scale, Scale Device
Erosion mapping of through-thickness toughened powder epoxy gradient glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) plates for tidal turbine blades Hassan, E., Zekos, I., Jannson, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Lab Data Materials
Design model of linear generator on marine current power plant based on pneumatic system Kusuma, I., Semin, Zaman, M. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling
Marine current energy assessment and the hydrodynamic design of the hydrokinetic turbine for the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast Hazim, S., Salih, A., Janan, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Modeling
MPPT of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator in Tidal Energy Systems Using Support Vector Regression Abo-Khalil, A., Alghamdi, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Control, Grid Integration
Tidal Stream vs. Wind Energy: The Value of Cyclic Power When Combined with Short-Term Storage in Hybrid Systems Coles, D., Angeloudis, A., Goss, Z. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Fatigue damage analysis of GFRP composites using digital image correlation Gonabadi, H., Oila, A., Yadav, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal Lab Data Materials
Effect of a Support Tower on the Performance and Wake of a Tidal Current Turbine Rehman, Z., Badshah, S., Rafique, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
MHKiT-MATLAB: Introduction and Demonstration Fao, R., Olson, S. Presentation Current, Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling
Optimisation of tidal range schemes Xue, J. Thesis Current, Tidal Modeling Control, Grid Integration
Flow-field and wake analysis of novel double-rotor open-center tidal current turbine by CFD simulations Castiglione, T., Barbarelli, S., Zupone, G. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Modeling the wake dynamics of a marine hydrokinetic turbine using different actuator representations Sandoval, J., Soto-Rivas, K., Gotelli, C. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Characterization of the turbulent wake of an axial-flow hydrokinetic turbine via large-eddy simulation Posa, A., Broglia, R. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics
Validation of the dynamic load characteristics on a Tidal Stream Turbine when subjected to wave and current interaction Lloyd, C., Allmark, M., Ordonez-Sanchez, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
A Cyclic Macro-Element Framework for Consolidation-Dependent Three-Dimensional Capacity of Plate Anchors Silva, A., Diambra, A., Karamitros, D. Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Mooring
MHKiT-Python: Introduction and Demonstration Fao, R., Olson, S. Presentation Current, Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling
A Numerical Swallowing-Capacity Analysis of a Vacant, Cylindrical, Bi-Directional Tidal Turbine Duct in Aligned & Yawed Flow Conditions Borg, M., Xiao, Q., Allsop, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Substructure
Comparative evaluation of hybrid photovoltaic, wind, tidal and fuel cell clean system design for different regions with remote application considering cost Naderipour, A., Abdul-Malek, Z., Nowdeh, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Hybrid Devices
Cross-Flow Tidal Turbines with Highly Flexible Blades—Experimental Flow Field Investigations at Strong Fluid–Structure Interactions Hoerner, S., Kösters, I., Vignal, L. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Oscillating Hydrofoil, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
The Efficiency of a Fence of Tidal Turbines in the Alderney Race: Comparison between Analytical and Numerical Models Thiébot, J., Dirieh, N., Guillou, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Modeling of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle Goldschmidt, M., Horn, J., Jonson, M. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Riverine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Structural
A note on the effects of local blockage and dynamic tuning on tidal turbine performance Chen, L., Bonar, P., Vogel, C. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Marine Energy in the United States: An Overview of Opportunities Kilcher, L., Fogarty, M., Lawson, M. Report Current, Ocean Current, Riverine, Tidal, Wave, OTEC
Leveraging the Advantages of Additive Manufacturing to Produce Advanced Hybrid Composite Structures for Marine Energy Systems Murdy, P., Dolson, J., Miller, D. Journal Article Current, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Materials, Structural
Storage Requirements for Grid Integration of Marine Renewable Energy - a Parametric Study Hanif, S., Bhattacharya, S., Chalishazar, V. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling Grid Integration
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