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: 3450

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
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
Bayesian Reliability Modelling of a Tidal Turbine Pitch System Ewing, F., Thies, P., Lazakis, I. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
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
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
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
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
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
A Sea-state Based Investigation for Performance Submerged Tensioned Mooring Supported Tidal Turbines Fu, S., Johnstone, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Mooring, 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
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
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
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
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
Hydrodynamic Analysis of a Marine Current Energy Converter for Profiling Floats Wu, S., Liu, Y., An, Q. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Structural
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
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
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
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
Deployment of a floating tidal energy plant in the Marsdiep inlet: resource assessment, environmental characterization and power output Ponsoni, L., Nichols, C., Buatois, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
IEC Technical Specification 62600-30:2018 - Part 30: Electrical power quality requirements International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Guidance Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave
On the Accuracy of Three-Dimensional Actuator Disc Approach in Modelling a Large-Scale Tidal Turbine in a Simple Channel Rahman, A., Venugopal, V., Thiébot, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling, Full Scale Hydrodynamics
Characterising the tidal stream power resource around France using a high-resolution harmonic database Guillou, N., Neill, S., Robins, P. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling
On Passive Control of Transition to Galloping of a Circular Cylinder Undergoing Vortex Induced Vibration Using Thick Stripsticle Vinod, A., Auvil A., Banerjee, A. Journal Article Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device
Performance of non-uniform tidal turbine arrays in uniform flow Bonar, P., Adcock, T., Venugopal, V. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Ocean energy in Europe: assessing support instruments and cost-reduction needs Magagna, D., Monfardini, R., Uihlein, A. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Wave
Tidal-stream energy resource characterization for the Gulf of California, México Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I., Wells, N. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling
Performance and resilience of hydrokinetic turbine arrays under large migrating fluvial bedforms Musa, M., Hill, C., Sotiropoulos, F. Journal Article Current, Riverine Field Data, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Renewable Energy from Oceans Narula, K. Book Chapter Current, Tidal, Wave, OTEC
A detailed comparison of meta-heuristic methods for optimising wave energy converter placements Neshat, M., Alexander, B., Wagner, M. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling
Device Design Johanning, L., Weller, S., Thies, P. Book Chapter Current, Wave Mooring, Structural
The Marine Resource Iglesias, G. Book Chapter Current, Wave
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