Design and stability of a floating free stream energy converter

34th IAHR Congress 2011 - Balance and Uncertainty: Water in a Changing World, Incorporating the 33rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2372-2379

  Batten, W M J ^a   Weichbrodt, F ^b   Muller, G U ^a   Hadler, J ^c   Semlow, C ^c   Hochbaum, M ^b   Dimke, S ^b   Frohle P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst of Environmental Engineering ^*  (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boat Mill; Free Stream Energy Converter

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; TIDAL POWER; WHEELS;

BASE PLATES; CIRCULATING WATER CHANNELS; ENERGY CONVERTERS; FLOATING BODIES; FREE STREAM; REMOTE AREAS; SCALE MODELS;

RIVERS;

EID: 85066129802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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