Laboratory-scale simulation of energy extraction from tidal currents

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1267-1274

  Sun, X ^a   Chick, J P ^a   Bryden, I G ^a  

^a Inst for Infrastructure and Environment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Current; Energy; Extraction; Simulation; Tidal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION;

ENERGY EXTRACTION; LABORATORY-SCALE SIMULATION; TIDAL CURRENTS;

TIDAL POWER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION; TIDAL POWER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY; EXTRACTION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL POWER;

EID: 39349117324     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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