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.

Photo: Sabella Balao

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
Dynamic analysis of Jack-up platform structure in environment loads Do, H., Chen, J., Quan, P. Conference Paper Current, Wave Substructure
An Overview of Current Development, Vision and Challenge of Global Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Power KS4 Conference Paper Current, Wave
Field Performance Testing of a Floating Tidal Energy Platform-Part 2: Load Performance Jeffcoate, P., Cresswell, N. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Mooring
Current & Tidal Energy Converters Farm Levelized Cost of Energy Optimisation Based on Reliability Assessment Lariviere-Gillet, N., Klein, L., Cabon, R. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
High Performance Synthetic Ropes for Wave and Tidal PTO Applications Maassen, G., Chou, R., Chong, P. Conference Paper Current, Wave Materials, Mooring, Power Take Off
Cross-stream Active Mooring for Tidal Stream Power Systems Tsao, C., Lee, J., Chen, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
Laboratory Study of Tidal Turbine Performance in Irregular Waves Porter, K., Ordonez-Sanchez, S., Allmark, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
PRIMRE: A Vision for a Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy Driscoll, F., Copping, A., Ruehl, K. Conference Paper Current, Wave
Improvement of Self-Starting of Darrieus Turbine by Pitch Variation Hiraki, K., Henzan, K. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine Performance, Structural
Tidal Turbine Interaction Effect of Upstream Turbine Wake on Downstream Turbine Podeur, V., Groulx, D., Jochum, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of the Turbine of 2x100kW Tidal Current Energy Generation Device Based on Tidal Bladed Software Li, Z., Yu, T., Wu, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Release of a reliable open-source package for performance evaluation of ocean renewable energy devices Liu, Y., Yoshida, S., Yamamoto, H. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling Performance
Robustness testing of techno-economic assessment tool for tidal energy converters Pyke, S., Johnstone, C., Buck, E. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
Hydrodynamic Performance of a Towed Floating Kuroshio Current Turbine Tsai, J., Liao, Y., Chiu, F. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
Dynamic stability of a surfaced current turbine system Lin, S., Chien, Y., Hsu, H. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
Protocols for testing marine current energy converters in controlled conditions. Where are we in 2018? Germain, G., Guarier, B., Harrold, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
Tidal currents characterization with Large Eddy Simulation Bourgoin, A., Guillou, S., Ata, R. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
The Research Challenges in Delivering a Robust, Cost Effective International Tidal Energy Industry Johnston, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Array Effects
The Development and Testing of a Lab-Scale Tidal Stream Turbine for the Study of Dynamic Device Loading Allmark, M., Ellis, R., Porter, K. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device
Tidal turbine array design and energy yield assessment for Naru Strait, Japan Coles, D., Walsh, T., Kyozuka, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Array Effects
Future Prospects of Marine Energy Technologies-Status and Readiness? Bahaj, A. Conference Paper Current, Wave
Floating Tidal Energy Site Assessment Techniques for Coastal and Island Communities Jeffcoate, P., McDowell, J., Hook, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
Prediction of the stability of a floating tidal turbine platform under towing conditions Koh, M., Ng, A. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Performance
PLAT-O #2 at FloWave: A tank-scale validation of ProteusDS at modelling the response of a tidal device to currents (Part 2) Bivol, I., Jeffcoate, P., Johanning, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data Performance
Mooring system design for an underwater floating tidal current power device Jo, C., Hwang, S., Park, H. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Mooring
Waves reduce the tidal-stream energy resource Lewis, M., Neill, S., Robins, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Study of vortex characteristics of a VATT wake based on CFD simulation Yuan, Z., Liu, W., Zhang, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
Floating Type Ocean Current Turbine Takagi, K. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Field Data
Effect of Mooring Line Materials on FKT System Dynamics Wu, J., Chen, J., Hsin, C. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Mooring
Combined Ocean Renewable Energy System (CORES) for Islandic Area on Malaysian Seas Yaakob, O., Yusuf, M., Jamani bin Jamian, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave, Oscillating Water Column Field Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices
Impact of Tidal Stream Site Interconnectivity on Resource Assessments Brown, A., Robins, P., Lewis, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Array Effects
The numerical analysis of a vertical axis turbine for current energy conversion Yang, M., Ciou, Z., Leu, S. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
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, Tidal, Riverine Performance
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
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
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
Design and Analysis of the Floating Kuroshio Turbine Blades Chiu, F., Lai, S., Lee, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Structural
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
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
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
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
Novel energy coefficient used to predict efflux velocity of tidal current turbine Wang, S., Lam, W., Cui, Y. Journal Article Current, Tidal 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
Economic-financial modeling for marine current harnessing projects Segura, E., Morales, R., Somolinos, J. Journal Article Current, Wave
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
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
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
Displaying 1801 - 1850 of 3412 results