HYDROKAL: A module for in-stream hydrokinetic resource assessment

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-181

  Duvoy, Paul ^a   Toniolo, Horacio ^a  

^a University of Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

Instantaneous power density; Numerical modeling; Resource assessment; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALASKA , USA; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CROSS SECTION; EFFICIENCY FACTOR; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FORTRAN 90; INSTANTANEOUS POWER; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MISSISSIPPI; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; STREAM; TURBINE EFFICIENCY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMICS;

FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); NUMERICAL METHODS; RATING; TURBINES;

RIVERS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RIVER SYSTEM;

ALASKA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855524223     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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