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Because of the need to diversify the renewable energy matrix and because hydrokinetic tidal energy technologies are mature, many in-stream tidal energy resource studies are available globally.
Anahí Bermúdez-Romero +5 more
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New Concept for Assessment of Tidal Current Energy in Jiangsu Coast, China
Tidal current energy has attracted more and more attentions of coastal engineers in recent years, mainly due to its advantages of low environmental impact, long-term predictability, and large energy potential.
Ji-Sheng Zhang +4 more
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Accurate tidal current prediction plays a critical role with increasing utilization of tidal energy. The classical prediction approach of the tidal current velocity adopts the harmonic analysis (HA) method. The performance of the HA approach is not ideal
Bo Feng +6 more
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Malaysia has a great potential to harness energy in water due to its long coastline within the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca. Malaysia’s energy mix could be improved using marine current energy devices (MCEDs) to replace fossil fuel ...
Lim Yee Kai +7 more
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Re-Creating Waves in Large Currents for Tidal Energy Applications [PDF]
Unsteady wave loading on tidal turbines impacts significantly the design, and expected life-time, of turbine blades and other key components. Model-scale testing of tidal turbines in the wave-current environment can provide vital understanding by emulating real-world load cases; however, to reduce uncertainty, it is important to isolate laboratory ...
Samuel Draycott +4 more
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Estimating the energy potential of tidal stream site is a key feature for tidal energy system deployment. This paper aims to compare two methods of prediction of tidal current velocities. The first one is based on the use of a fully three-dimensional (3D)
Tony El Tawil +3 more
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Tidal energy is a rapidly developing area of the marine renewable energy sector that requires converters to be placed within areas of fast current speeds to be commercially viable.
James Slingsby +5 more
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Modelling effects of tidal currents on waves at a tidal stream energy site [PDF]
Whereas tidal stream energy sites may be characterised by significant wave and current interactions, numerical resource assessments routinely ignored these processes neglecting, in particular, current-induced modifications of waves. Here, these effects are investigated in locations exposed to ocean waves, evaluating performances of a phase-averaged ...
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The Strait of Larantuka, with highly energetic tidal stream currents reaching speeds of up to 3−4 m/s, is a promising site for renewable electricity production from the ocean. This paper presents the results of an assessment regarding the potential
Kadir Orhan, Roberto Mayerle
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Tidal stream speeds in straits are accelerated because of geographic and bathymetric features. For instance, narrow channels and shallows can cause high tidal stream energy.
Ming-Hsi Hsu, Wei-Bo Chen, Wen-Cheng Liu
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