Estimating the power potential of tidal currents and the impact of power extraction on flow speeds

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3558-3565

  Vennell, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Assessment; Channel; Current; Power; Resource; Tidal

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CHANNEL; POWER; RESOURCE; TIDAL;

DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBINES; WATER LEVELS;

ESTIMATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL POWER; TRADE-OFF; TURBINE; VOLUME;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79960164297     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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