Tidal resource extraction in the Pentland Firth, UK: Potential impacts on flow regime and sediment transport in the Inner Sound of Stroma

Renewable Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 596-607

  Martin Short, R ^a   Hill, J ^a   Kramer, S C ^a   Avdis, A ^a   Allison, P A ^a   Piggott, M D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element; Modelling; Pentland firth; Tidal energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TURBINES;

BED SHEAR STRESSS; CHANNEL MARGINS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; PENTLAND FIRTH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; TIDAL ENERGY;

TIDAL POWER;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ARRAY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXTRACTION; FLUIDIZATION; INSTALLATION; POWER GENERATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE;

PENTLAND FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84916887010     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.079     Document Type: Article

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