Ocean Current

Capturing energy from ocean currents.

Strong ocean currents are generated by a combination of temperature, wind, salinity, bathymetry, and the rotation of the earth. The sun acts as the primary driving force, causing winds and temperature differences. Because ocean currents are fairly constant in both speed and flow and carry large amounts of energy, the ocean may provide a variety of suitable locations for deploying energy extraction devices such as turbines. Turbines capable of harnessing the kinetic energy of ocean currents may be indistinct from other marine current turbines and function according to the same principles. However, they may be designed or optimized for lower flow speeds relative to currents in tidal channels and may not need to account for reversing flow. A major difference is where the devices may be located—both geographically and in the water column. Strong ocean currents tend to be further offshore than tidal currents, which tend to be found in coastal or inland waters. This leads to deployment in deeper water, where a fixed substructure supporting a turbine higher in the water column where current is stronger is impractical. Devices may be suspended from moored surface platforms or attached to buoyant structures tethered to the seabed. Electricity is produced by coupling a generator to the turbine. Power is transmitted back to shore via cable.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Ocean 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 Ocean Current.

Total: 220

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Advancing Marine Renewable Energy for Island Nations: Design and Development of a 20 kW Floating Kuroshio Turbine (FKT) Lee, C. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Recent Advancements in Ocean Current Turbine Blade Design: A Review of Geometrical Shape, Performance and Potential Development using CAE Fajiri, A., Jurkovic, M., Kandimba, E. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Structural
Composite to Metal Fastener Interactions Investigated while Immersed in Seawater Presuel-Moreno, F., Derrico, C., Creveling, P. Presentation Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave Field Data, Lab Data Materials
Deep Learning Based Ocean Current Feature Detection for Prediction DeVito, L., Fung, S., VanZwieten, J. Presentation Current, Ocean Current Modeling
State-of-the-Art and Challenges of Pressure-Tolerant Power Electronics and a Review of Related Research at NCSU Pantic, Z., Gillani, S., Ngaile, G. Presentation Current, Ocean Current Performance
Numerical Simulation-Based Performance and Loading Assessment of a Dual-Rotor Ocean Current Turbine Operating in the Florida Straits Mokari, H., VanZwieten, J., Tang, Y. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
Performance Prediction of flow induced vibration and energy capture for VIVACE converter improved by maglev in ultra-low velocity zones Yang, Z., Bai, X., Wang, J. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Performance
Technology Readiness Level assessment of hydrokinetic energy converters Malali, P., Ding, Z., Villavicencio, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Ocean Current, Riverine Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling, Test Center, Full Scale, Scale Device Grid Integration, Mooring, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural, Substructure
Challenges in tidal energy commercialization and technological advancements for sustainable solutions Zhang, D., Yang, K., Zhang, K. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current
A global cross-resource assessment of offshore renewable energy Spalding, J., White, C., Ross, L. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Technoeconomic optimization of coaxial hydrokinetic turbines Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current
Performance of cross-flow turbines with varying blade materials and unsupported blade span Marone, N., Barrington, M., Gunawan, B. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Ocean Current, Riverine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Materials, Performance, Structural
Strategic roadmapping to accelerate and risk-mitigate enabling innovations: A generalizable method and a case illustration for marine renewable energy Sinfield, J.V., Ajmani, A., McShane, W. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave
Design and testing of a Hardware-in-the-Loop system for a grid integrated Ocean Current Turbine Fung, S., Tang, Y., Nichols, C. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Control, Performance
Underwater blade free triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting current energy in low speed current Zhang, Y., Wang, H., Wang, Y. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current
Ocean Energy Potential in Panama: An Assessment for Sustainable Energy Development Lopez Tenorio, G., Chen, J., Vasquez, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Research on the design and optimal control of the power take-off (PTO) system for underwater eel-type power generators Zhou, Y., Liu, H., Kong, F. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current, Wave Control, Hybrid Devices, Power Take Off
Securing Marine Renewable Energy Systems: Understanding Cyber-Physical Threats and Evaluating Consequences via Hardware-in-the-Loop Fung, S., Nichols, C., Tang, Y. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Lab Data Control
Concurrent metocean data analysis for holistic marine energy design and resource assessments Robertson, B., Lou, J. Presentation Current, Ocean Current, Wave Field Data
Evaluation of Flow Features Responsible for Extreme Events at a Potential Ocean Current Energy Extraction Location within the Gulf Stream DaSilva, M., DaVito, L., VanZwieten, J. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Field Data
Comparative Evaluation of Ocean Current Flow Feature Detection Success based on Data Type within the Florida Straits DeVito, L, VanZwieten, J., Tang, Y. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Field Data
The Grid Value of Ocean Current Energy in Florida Awara, S. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling Grid Integration
A vortex-induced vibration device based on MG-TENG and research of its application in ocean current energy harvesting Li, H., Zhang, Z., Xu, P. Journal Article Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration, Ocean Current Performance, Power Take Off
Small Unmanned Marine Hydrokinetic Platforms for Power Generation in Coastal and Tidal Waters McKinney, A. Thesis Current, Ocean Current Field Data Performance
Research on the hydrodynamic performance of a small ocean current turbine with deflectable blades Yang, G. , Mao, Z., Zhang, T. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Multi-objective optimization of a banki hydrokinetic turbine for deep-sea power supply: Experimental and numerical investigation Zhang, D., Guo, P., Wang, H. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Resource Assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Tidal Stream, and Ocean Current for Powering Blue Economy Applications in Puerto Rico Yang, Z. , Ticona Rollano, F., Medina, G. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, OTEC Modeling
Ocean Current Energy Harvesting System for Arctic Monitoring Zhang, J. Thesis Current, Ocean Current Performance
Numerical analysis of a ducted water current turbine for low energetic flow conditions Cano-Perea, G., Mendoza, E., López-Rebollar, B. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Reliability modelling of ocean current energy conversion systems through both analytical and Monte Carlo methods Ghaedi, A. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring, 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 rotating piezoelectric-electromagnetic hybrid harvester for water flow energy He, L., Han, Y., Sun, L. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current, Riverine Lab Data, Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance, Structural
An ECT-LSLDA based fault diagnosis method for marine current turbines under variable marine conditions Xie, T., Xu, Y., Wang, T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling
Transient Translational–Rotational Motion of an Ocean Current Converter Mooring System with Initial Conditions Lin, S., Wang, W., Yuan, H. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring
Power Generation Maximization Control Framework for Ocean Current Turbine Farms Ondes, E., Sultan, C., VanZwieten, J. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling Control
Design and Analysis of Hydromine for Harvesting Energy from Ocean Currents with No External Moving Parts Houchens, B., deVelder, N., Krath, E. Conference Paper Current, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Numerical and experimental analyses of the performance of a vertical axis turbine with controllable-blades for ocean current energy Yang, M-H., Gu, Z-T., Yeh, R-H. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling Performance, Structural
A Semantic Segmentation Method Based on Image Entropy Weighted Spatio-Temporal Fusion for Blade Attachment Recognition of Marine Current Turbines Qi, F., Wang, T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Lab Data Performance, Structural
Optimization of hydrofoils for ocean current energy application: A brief review Taslin, P., Albani, A., Ibrahim, M. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Hydrodynamics
Biomimetic Design of Turbine Blades for Ocean Current Power Generation Montoya, E., Mendoza, E., Stamhuis, E. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Coupled Translational–Rotational Stability Analysis of a Submersible Ocean Current Converter Platform Mooring System under Typhoon Wave Lin, S-M., Utama, D-W., Liauh, C-T. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Mooring, Structural, Substructure
How Applicable Are Turbulence Assumptions Used in the Tidal Energy Industry? Naberezhnykh, A., Ingram, D., Ashton, I. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Maneuverability prediction of the wave glider considering ocean currents Sang, H., Zhang, Z., Sun, X. Journal Article Current, Kite, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics
Dynamical analysis of a novel hybrid oceanic tidal-wave energy converter system Silva, R., Nunes, M., Oliveira, F. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance
A review of energy extraction from wind and ocean: Technologies, merits, efficiencies, and cost Rehman, S., Alhems, L., Alam, M. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Performance
An Inequality Indicator for High-Resistance Connection Fault Diagnosis in Marine Current Turbine Jia, D., Wang, T., Amirat, Y. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Lab Data, Modeling
Potential sites for the use of ocean energy in the Mexican Caribbean Chávez, V., Barcenas, J., Martínez, M. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current, Wave, OTEC
Numerical Study on a Cylinder Vibrator in the Hydrodynamics of a Wind–Wave Combined Power Generation System under Different Mass Ratios Sun, H., Wang, J., Lin, H. Journal Article Current, Vortex-Induced Vibration, Ocean Current Modeling Hybrid Devices, Performance, Structural
Path towards sustainable energy development: Status of renewable energy in Indian subcontinent Khare, V., Khare, C., Nema, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave
Research on variable speed constant frequency energy generation based on deep learning for disordered ocean current energy Wei, H., Su, W., Shi, J. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Modeling Control, Performance
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