Design and preliminary testing of a novel concept low depth hydropower device

OCEANS'11 - MTS/IEEE Kona, Program Book

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Arkel, Richard ^a   Owen, Laurence ^a   Allison, Stuart ^a   Tryfonas, Theo ^a   Winter, Alexei ^a   Entwistle, Richard ^a   Keane, Eamonn ^a   Parr, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydropower; low depth; pico hydro; river; tidal

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL PLANES; HYDROPOWER; LOW DEPTH; NOVEL CONCEPT; PICO-HYDRO; TIDAL; VERTICAL AXIS TURBINES;

HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; RIVERS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84855775064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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