Tidal range electricity generation: A comparison between estuarine barrages and coastal lagoons [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 The potential power from coastal tidal range is becoming better appreciated due to the need to mitigate global warming. Great Britain (GB) is ideally situated to exploit tidal power but currently has no operational systems.
David Vandercruyssen +2 more
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Lightweight steel tidal power barrages with minimal environmental impact: application to the Severn Barrage [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2018 For tidal power barrages, a breast-shot water wheel, with a hydraulic transmission, has significant advantages over a conventional Kaplan turbine. It is better suited to combined operations with pumping that maintain the tidal range upstream of the barrage (important in reducing the environmental impact), and is much less harmful ...
R C T Rainey
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Electricity Generation by the Tidal Barrages [PDF]
Energy Procedia, 2011 AbstractConcern over global climate change has led policy makers to accept the importance of reducing Greenhouse gas emissions. A tidal barrage utilizes the potential energy of the tide and has proven to be very successful, despite opposition from environmental groups. Tidal barrages make use of the potential energy of the tides.
Etemadi, Ahmad +3 more
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Capacity value of large tidal barrages [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2010 This paper presents the first detailed capacity value calculation for tidal barrage generation, based on modeling of operational modes for the proposed 8-GW Severn Barrage scheme in Great Britain. The key finding is that the effective load carrying capability is very low as a percentage of installed capacity (less than 10% for the example presented ...
Radtke, J., Dent, C.J., Couch, S.J.
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Tidal Range Barrage Design and Construction [PDF]
Applied SciencesThe west coast of Great Britain has the potential for barrages to create tidal range reservoirs that both facilitate electricity generation and prevent flooding from sea level rise.
David Vandercruyssen +3 more
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Modelling and optimal control of tidal barrages: A moment-based approach [PDF]
Renewable EnergyTidal barrages generate electrical energy using the tidal height variations throughout the day, and stand out from other renewable energy schemes because of their inherent storage capabilities and the relatively slow variation of the tides, allowing flexibility in their operation.
Nicolas Faedo, John V Ringwood
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Modelling and analysis of the horizontal configuration of tidal fences in barrages [PDF]
Renewable EnergyEnvironmental Fluid ...
Robert Jan Labeur, Wim S J Uijttewaal
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Optimisation and control of tidal range power plants operation: Is there scope for further improvement? [PDF]
Energy Conversion and Management: XTidal barrage power plants utilise the tidal range variation to generate clean electricity. Although there are several operating tidal barrage schemes around the globe, there is still potential to expand the installed capacity.
Nicolas Faedo, John V Ringwood
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Tides and Tidal Currents—Guidelines for Site and Energy Resource Assessment
Energies, 2021 The main aim of this paper was to classify and to analyze the expeditious resource assessment procedure to help energy planners and system designers dealing with tides and tidal currents. Depending on the geographical features of the site to be evaluated,
Silvio Barbarelli, Benedetto Nastasi
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Assessment of the Potential of Harnessing Tidal Energy in the Khowr-e Musa Estuary in the Persian Gulf [PDF]
Environmental Energy and Economic Research, 2017 Today, the widespread use of fossil fuels is caused many problems in the world, which include: Ozone depletion, the increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, growing recognition of climate change impacts and decreasing fossil fuel resources.
Zohreh Hashemi Aslani +2 more
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