Estimation of tidal power potential

Renewable Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-262

  Walters, Roy A ^a   Tarbotton, Michael R ^b   Hiles, Clayton E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b Triton Consultants Ltd   (Canada)

^c Cascadia Coast Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Form drag; Minas passage; Numerical model; Tidal power

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLOW; BAY OF FUNDY; BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; COASTAL OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; FIELD SCALE; FORM DRAG; IMPLICIT TREATMENT; MAXIMUM POWER; MINAS PASSAGE; NUMERICAL FLOW MODELS; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; POWER POTENTIAL; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL POINTS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; WETTING AND DRYING;

DRAG; NUMERICAL MODELS; TURBINES;

TIDAL POWER;

COASTAL ZONE; DRAG; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; MINAS BASIN; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84867747569     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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