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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: 3477

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Evaluation of Model Predictions of the Unsteady Tidal Stream Resource and Turbine Fatigue Loads Relative to Multi-Point Flow Measurements at Raz Blanchard Mullings, H., Draycott, S., Thiébot, J. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling
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
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
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
Fatigue-life prediction methods of a dynamic power cable for a floating testing platform – a numerical approach Benites-Munoz, D., Ricci, F., Touzon, I. Conference Paper Current, Wave Modeling Materials, Structural
Optimal Design of a Submerged Tidal Device for Low Current Environment Jo, C., Jeong, S., Hwang, S. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Mooring
Validation of the energy resource assessment with experimental data for the site selection of a tidal turbine in the Tagus River estuary Hoofd, B., Gomes, T., Pinto, L. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling
Enabling the Ocean Internet of Things with Renewable Marine Energy Topper, M., Jarnoux, N., Costello, R. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Lab Data, Modeling Control
Experimental flow conditions effects on a bottom-mounted ducted twin vertical axis tidal turbine compared to real sea conditions Moreau, M., Germain, G., Maurice, G. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Measurements of tidal flow variability in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire Miles, J., Coles, D., Simmonds, D. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data
High-fidelity modeling of a vertical axis tidal turbine model under realistic flow conditions Grondeau, M., Guillou, S. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Design and Demonstration of a Passive Pitch System for Tidal Turbines Gambuzza, S., Ōtomo, S., Liu, Y. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Tracking a large vortex at a tidal power site Mercier, P., Guillou, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Instabilities in tidal turbine wakes Smyth, A., Nishino, T. , Young, A. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Intracycle Control Sensitivity of Cross-Flow Turbines Athair, A., Snortland, A., Scherl, I. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Turbine fatigue load prediction from field measurements of waves and turbulence Mullings, H., Stallard, T., Draycott, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
A comparative study of power production using a generic empirical model in a tidal farm Shariff, K., Guillou, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
On the design of a small scale tidal converter for long time deployment at sea Alizzio, D., Gurnari, L., Nardi, V. Conference Paper Current, Kite, Tidal Scale Device Structural
Assessment of tidal energy resources in the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile Atias, L., Escauriaza, C., Williams, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Modeling
Characterisation of turbulent flow and the wake of a tidal stream turbine in proximity to a ridge Hurubi, S., Stallard, T., Stansby, P. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Performance Assessment of a Multi-Rotor Floating Tidal Energy System Kaufmann, N., Starzmann, R., Al-Kahli, N. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Field Data, Full Scale Performance
A Filtering device for improving the quality of cooling water in turbine generator of Sihwa Tidal Power Plant Kim, T., Kwak, H., Bang, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data
Numerical optimisation of the active lift turbines using OpenFoam's overset method Robin, I., Mouazé, D., Bennis, A. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
A comparison of AC and DC collection grids for marine current energy Fjellstedt, C., Forslund, J., Thomas, K. Conference Paper Current Modeling, Test Center Grid Integration
Experimental techniques for evaluating the performance of high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays Hunt, A., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Large-eddy simulations of interaction between surface waves and a tidal turbine wake in a turbulent channel Stallard, T., Mullings, H., Draycott, S. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
The Influence of the Downstream Blade Sweep on Cross-flow Turbine Performance [Conference Paper] Snortland, A., Williams, O., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Mapping the Unresolved Tidal Resource in Estuaries Lewis, M., Khojasteh, D., Iglesias, G. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling
A turbines-module adapted to the marine site for tidal farms layout optimization Pucci, M., Zanforlin, S., Bellafiore, D. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
The development of a passive blade-pitch mechanism to reduce the loads on a tidal turbine in high-flow conditions Summers, T., Oterkus, S., Tabor, G. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Modeling 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
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