Unidirectional power extraction from a channel connecting a bay to the open ocean

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 227, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 826-832

  Adcock, Thomas A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bay; resource assessment; Tidal power; tidal stream turbine

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBINES; WATER LEVELS;

BAY; MAXIMUM POWER; POWER EXTRACTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL STREAMS; UNDISTURBED STATE; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

TIDAL POWER;

EID: 84887633798     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: 20412967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957650913506200     Document Type: Article

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