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

Total results: 3037
Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Tidal & River Energy Converters Power Curve Assessment: a standard protocol derived from IEC 62600-200 Larivier-Gillet, N., Barrou, K., Prevost, F. Conference Paper Current, Riverine, Tidal Performance
Impact of Tidal Stream Site Interconnectivity on Resource Assessments Brown, A., Robins, P., Lewis, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Array Effects
Lessons Learned from Practical Asset Management MacDonald, J., Allan, M. Conference Paper Current, Wave
Global Optimization of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine with Shroud Sakaguchi D., Kyozuka, Y. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance, Structural
Performance Enhancement Effort for Vertical-Axis Tidal-Current Turbine in Low Water Velocity Satrio, D., Utama, I., Mukhtasor Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance
Design and Analysis of the Floating Kuroshio Turbine Blades Chiu, F., Lai, S., Lee, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Structural
First Experimental Results of a Grid Connected Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine using a Multilevel Power Converter Forslund, J., Thomas, K. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Grid Integration
Effectively performing marine operations in strong current areas Dhome, D., Allo, J., Morandeau, M. Conference Paper Current
Planning on Establishment of Sea Test-Bed for Tidal Current Energy Converters in Jindo, Korea Park, J., Ko, D., Yi, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
The Design of Semi-submersible Wind-Tidal Combined Power Generation Device Hu, C., He, Y., Ma, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Hybrid Devices, Structural
Turbulence Characteristics in Tidal Flows Using LES and ALM to Model the Tidal Power Fredriksson, S., Brostrom, G., Berqvist, B. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Bayesian Reliability Modelling of a Tidal Turbine Pitch System Ewing, F., Thies, P., Lazakis, I. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
An energy harvester for Kuroshio power Tsai, S., Chen, B. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling
Learning Curves for Marine Operations in the Offshore Renewable Energy Sector Hudson, B., Kay, E., Lawless, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling
Defining a Marine Turbine Condition-Based Maintenance and Management Strategy for Low Velocities in Mexico Rojo-Zazueta, E., Marino-Tapia, I., Silva, R. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
Development of Two-way Type Tidal power Optimization Program (K-TOP3.0) Lee, S., Jang, T., Kim, H. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
Hybrid Floating Renewables Toward Coastal Energy Resilience Narasimalu, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Grid Integration
Wake measurement metrics and the dependence of tidal turbine wakes on turbine operating condition Ebdon, T., O'Doherty, D. , O'Doherty, T. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Performance
Tidal energy in Australia - Assessing resource and feasibility to Australia's future energy mix [Conference Paper] Penesis, I., Hemer, M., Cossu, R. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling
Dynamic Simulation of the Mooring System with a Shock-Absorbing Mechanism for Floating Kuroshio Turbine Chou, C., Huang, P., Chen, J. Conference Paper Current, Kite Modeling Mooring
A Sea-state Based Investigation for Performance Submerged Tensioned Mooring Supported Tidal Turbines Fu, S., Johnstone, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Mooring, Performance
Numerically Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Weather Windows: Improving the Site Selection Methodology for Floating Tidal Platforms McDowell, J., Jeffcoate, P., Bruce, T. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
Recommend Ultra Low-head Mini-hydro Turbine-generator System for Coastal River Application Martin, J., Swiderski, J., Chang, L. Conference Paper Current, Riverine Structural
Tidal Stream Power Development in San Bernardino Strait, Philippines Battaglia, B. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Structural
Characterising the effect of turbine operating point on momentum extraction of tidal turbine arrays Hachmann, C., Stallard, T., Lin, B. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Array Effects, Performance
Observation of biofouling by using test plates in Hirado Strait of Nagasaki, Japan Kyozuka, Y., Kobayashi, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
Numerical Simulation Research on Output Characteristics of Tidal Turbine in Time-varying flow Tan, J., Zheng, Z., Yuan, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
Abstract for AWTEC 2018 Hofmann, M., Baumann, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Structural
Structural Safety Evaluation for the Driving part of the 15kW-Class HATCT Model by FSI Analysis Guo, M., Kim, S., Choi, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Structural
The Field Study of Current Estimation for Kuroshio Power-Generating Pilot Facilities Lee, C., Chen, P., Chang, W. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Field Data
Development of a Wave-Current Numerical Model using Stokes 2nd Order Theory Lloyd, C., O'Doherty, T., Mason, A. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
Arrangement optimization of three tidal turbines considering efficiency and productivity Jo, C., Park, H., Chan, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
Enabling renewable baseload generation by flying subsea kites Edlund, M. Conference Paper Current, Kite
Experimental study of the wake past cubic wall-mounted elements to predict flow variations for tidal turbines Ikhennicheu, M., Germain, G., Gaurier, B. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Study on High-Frequency Fluctuations in Tidal Current Direction Novo, P., Kyozuka, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data
Hydrodynamic Effects of Waves on a Floating Kuroshio Turbine Chiu, F., Shieh, J., Peng, Y. Conference Paper Current Modeling Hydrodynamics
Field Performance Testing of a Floating Tidal Energy Platform-Part 1: Power Performance Starzmann, R., Goebel, I., Jeffcoate, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Performance
Generator Speed Control and Experimental Verification of Tidal Undersea Kite Systems Mademlis, G., Liu, Y., Chen, P. Conference Paper Current, Kite Lab Data, Modeling Control
Selecting and optimal sizing of hybridized energy storage systems for tidal energy integration into power grid Ben Elghali, S. , Outbib, R., Benbouzid, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration
Performance and wake characteristics of a tidal turbine under yaw Modali, P., Kolekar, N., Banerjee, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Effects of flow depth variations on the wake recovery behind a horizontal-axis hydrokinetic in-stream turbine Aghsaee, P., Markfort, C. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Riverine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
A novel hydro-kite like energy converter for harnessing both ocean wave and current energy Yin, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, W. Journal Article Current, Kite Modeling
Experimental investigation of an innovative configuration for new marine current turbine Hassanzadeh, R., Yaakob, O., Gholami, A. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Lab Data Performance, Structural
Influence of microstructural defects and hydrostatic pressure on water absorption in composite materials for tidal energy Grogan, D., Flanagan, M., Walls, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal Materials
Effects of pitching motion profile on energy harvesting performance of a semi-active flapping foil using immersed boundary method Li, W., Wang, W., Yan, Y. Journal Article Current, Oscillating Hydrofoil Modeling Performance
The influence of waves on morphodynamic impacts of energy extraction at a tidal stream turbine site in the Pentland Firth Fairley, I., Karunarathna, H., Masters, I. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Numerical investigation of channel effects on a vertical-axis tidal turbine rotating at variable speed Chen, B., Cheng, S., Su, T. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Accelerated life testing study of a novel tidal turbine blade attachment de la Torre, O. , Moore, D., Gavigan, D. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Economic-financial modeling for marine current harnessing projects Segura, E., Morales, R., Somolinos, J. Journal Article Current, Wave
Novel energy coefficient used to predict efflux velocity of tidal current turbine Wang, S., Lam, W., Cui, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
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