Efficiency and dynamic performance of Digital Displacement™ hydraulic transmission in tidal current energy converters

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Payne, G S ^a   Kiprakis, A E ^a   Ehsan, M ^b   Rampen, W H S ^c   Chick, J P ^a   Wallace, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c Artemis Intelligent Power Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital displacement hydraulics; Hydraulic transmission; Tidal current turbine; Tidal energy

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; KINETIC ENERGY; POWER CONVERTERS; TIDAL POWER;

DIGITAL DISPLACEMENT HYDRAULICS; TIDAL CURRENT TURBINE; TIDAL ENERGY;

HYDRAULIC DRIVES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HYDRAULIC DRIVES; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; KINETIC ENERGY; POWER CONVERTERS; TIDAL POWER;

EID: 34248369379     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE298     Document Type: Article

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