Numerical model evaluation of tidal stream energy resources in the Ría de Muros (NW Spain)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1517-1524

  Carballo, R ^a   Iglesias, G ^a   Castro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profiler; Flow measurement; Numerical model; R a de Muros; Tidal power; Tidal stream energy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FLOWMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACCURATE ESTIMATIONS; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ENERGY OUTPUTS; FINITE DIFFERENCES; IN-SITU; KEY POINTS; NAVIER-STOKES HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NW SPAIN; POWER DENSITIES; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL FLOWS; TIDAL STREAM ENERGY; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; TWO POINTS;

TIDAL POWER;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL POWER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; RIA DE MUROS; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 59049093833     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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