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
A Study of Wake Characteristics of Marine Turbine Arrays Tran, T., Craig, J., Ross, H. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Array Effects
Report on infrastructural and industrial production requirements Noble, D. Report Current, Tidal, Wave Grid Integration
Design and Modeling of an Open-Source Baseline Floating Marine Turbine Wiley, W., Ross, H., Sundarrajan, A. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Performance, Structural
Low-flow ocean current turbine diffuser shroud concentrated and accelerated flow technical research Wei, H., Su, W. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics
The sustainable potential of hydrokinetic turbines in the Amazon basin Lima da Silva, I., Melo, M., Nunes, V. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine
Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Blue Energy Harvesting and Marine Environmental Monitoring Jiang, Y, Liang, X., Jiang, T. Journal Article Current, Wave Modeling Performance
Increasing the sustainability of composite components of marine hydrokinetic turbines Finnegan, W., Flanagan, T., Ó Conghaile, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data Structural
Vortex induced vibrations of marine risers: validating turbulence models Wang, C., Vakis, A., Veldman, A. Conference Paper Current, Wave, OTEC Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Structural
Tidal turbine wake characterization by vessel-mounted ADCP data analysis Novo, P., Inubuse, M., Terazaki, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics
Comparison of Actuator Line Modelling of Tidal Power Kites with ADCP Measurements Prabahar, N., Fredriksson, S., Brostrom, G. Conference Paper Current, Kite, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Wake characterization of tidal turbines in the Pentland Firth using vessel-mounted ADCP measurements Huchet, M., Droniou, E., Perez, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics
Multi-criteria analysis to evaluate tidal energy potential in France Castillo, F., Ikhennicheu, M., Gilloteaux, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal
A methodology to capture the single blade loads on a cross-flow tidal turbine flume model Bennecke, T., Ruiz-Hussmann, K., Joedecke, P. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Experimental Optimization Environment for Developing an Intracycle Pitch Control in Cross Flow Turbines Hoerner, S., Leidhold, R., Abbaszadeh, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Lubrication of Offshore Mechanical Components: Towards Sustainable & Reliable Power Production Tamayo, J., Glavatskih, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave Lab Data
On the complementarity of wave, tidal, wind and solar resources in Ireland Said, H., Costello, S., Ringwood, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling
Beta-version Testing and Demonstration of the Design Load Case Generator Neary, V., Ahn, S., Michelen, C. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Structural
A methodology for developing a prediction model for the remaining fatigue life and residual strength of tidal turbine blades Ranjan, M., Finnegan, W., Goggins, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Structural
On tidal array layout sensitivity to regional and device model representation Jordan, C., Angeloudis, A., Coles, D. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
Numerical modelling of wave and tidal current interactions and their impact on wave parameters Tan, T., Venugopal, V. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave Modeling
Experimental comparison of the flow-induced loading between a ducted bottom-mounted twin vertical axis tidal turbine at still and an unducted prototype Saouli, Y., Coquet, R., Facq, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Structural testing and numerical modelling of a glass fibre-reinforced composite demonstrator for turbine blades Jiang, Y., Finnegan, W., Kelly, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Materials, Structural
Synthetic eddy generation and modelling of turbine operation in a turbulent tidal flow Gregori, M., Salvatore, F., Calcagni, D. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
CFD analysis of hydrodynamic force on a horizontal axis tidal turbine Xu, K., Finnegan, W., O'Rourke, F. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Overview of Resource and Turbine Modelling in the Tidal Stream Industry Energiser project: TIGER Mackay, E., Hardwick, J., Thies, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
On the accuracy of BEMT and CFD on the power and trust prediction of tidal turbines Liu, Y., Gambuzza, S., Broglia, R. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Development of an Unmanned Mobile Current Turbine Platform Dhanak, M., Beaujean, P., Frankenfield, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Scale Device Power Take Off, Substructure
Development of a Tool to Optimise Tidal Stream Energy Sites Evans, P., Xue, J., Williams, D. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
Objective Functions for the Blade Shape Optimisation of a Cross-Flow Tidal Turbine under Constraints Ruiz-Hussmann, K., Delafin, P., Bonamy, C. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Preliminary performance assessment from towing tank testing of a horizontal-axis turbine Lande-Sudall, D., Tolleifsen, S., Gravelsæter, K. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Principles of ADCP deployment methodologies Jeffcoate, P., Hunt, A. Conference Paper Current, Wave
Verification and validation of blade-resolved viscous-flow tidal turbine simulations Rentschler, M., Gomes, T., Eca, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Critical Feature and Seawater Testing of Cross-Flow Rotor Components Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing McVey, J., Zaengle, J., Cavagnaro, R. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Materials, Structural
Non-dimensional scaling of passive adaptive blades for a marine current turbine Van Ness, K., Aliseda, A., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Enhancing energy system resilience using tidal stream energy Coles, D., Coyne, R., Miles, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
Observations from structural testing of full-scale tidal turbine blades Finnegan, W., Jiang, Y., Glennon, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data, Full Scale Structural
Resource assessment using a combination of seabed mounted and semi-stationary vessel-mounted ADCP measurements Perez, L., Droniou, E., Huchet, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling
Actuator-Line CFD Simulation of Tidal-Stream Turbines in a Compact Array Apsley, D. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Additive Manufacturing for Powering the Blue Economy Applications: A Tidal Turbine Blade Case Study González-Montijo, M., Murdy, P., Candon, C. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Materials, Structural
Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance Mateos, L., Frost, C. , Baker-Horne, N. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Field Data
High-fidelity modelling of a six-turbine tidal array in the Shetlands Ouro, P., Stansby, P., Macloed, A. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Effects of non-isotropic blockage on a tidal turbine modeled with the Actuator-Line method Mascrier, E., Zilic de Arcos, F., Pinon, G. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Estimation and characterisation of the wave-induced turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent dissipation from ADCP data Calvino, C., Bennis, A., Furgerot, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics
Development of a modified BEMT model for the analysis of helical bladed vertical axis tidal turbines Fereidoonnezhad, M., Leen, S., Nash, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Tidal Turbine Benchmarking Project: Stage I - Steady Flow Experiments Harvey, S., Chen, X., Rowe, D. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Improved Modelling of Vertical Velocity Profiles at a Tidal Energy Site Enders, L., Karsten, R. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data
Modelling the effects of boundary proximity on a tidal rotor using the actuator line method Edwards, H., Chen, X., Vogel, C. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Designing Vortex Generators for Tidal Turbine Blades Manolesos, M., Kaufmann, N., Papadakis, G. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Performance
SEASNAKE: Impact - Marine operations modelling for evidence-based results detailing the impact of using a new fully dynamic cable design for ocean energy devices. Kennedy, B., Giorgi, S., Senar, A. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling Substructure
Intracycle Active Blade Pitch Control for Cross-Flow Tidal Turbines Using Embedded Electric Drive Systems Zhao, Z., Bennecke, T., Hörner, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Displaying 401 - 450 of 3412 results