Exceeding the Betz limit with tidal turbines

Renewable Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-285

  Vennell, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Resource assessment; Tidal current power; Tidal stream

Indexed keywords

BETZ LIMIT; DYNAMICAL BALANCE; ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; FLOW REDUCTION; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; POWER COEFFICIENTS; POWER EXTRACTION; POWER PRODUCTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL STREAMS; UPPER LIMITS; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WIND POWER;

TIDAL POWER;

POWER GENERATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL POWER; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84873830339     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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