Preliminary study about methods for harvesting energy from marine resources
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| Publisher | The author |
| Year of publication | 2015 July |
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| Medium | Digital |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Scope & content | Degree Course in Energy Engineering Abstract The greatest increase in demand for energy coming from newly industrialized countries where large- scale electricity generation will be required, the environmental requirements for zero or low CO2 emission sources and the need to invest in a sustainable energy mix, involve the development of new energy sources. Wave, tidal and marine current energy could be available as a future energy option and should be able to acquire a significant role in providing a sustainable, secure and safe solution to tackle European and global energy needs. Sun and wind are predictable, but not constant: photovoltaic panels and eolic turbines could barely support alone the peaks of the power request from the grid, and the contribution of hydroelectric seems to have already reached its limits in some European countries. For this reasons, in order to become independent from fossil fuels, it will be fundamental to harvest energy from the largest number of natural phenomena, especially ones that are predictale with high precision, as tides, and ones that are almost constant, as ocean currents. |
Divisions within this publication
- 1: Abstract
- 2: Acknowledgements
- 3: Table of contents
- 4: List of figures
- 5: 1. Historical notes
- 6: 2. General statements and principles on wave energy conversion
- 7: 3. Tidal range energy
- 8: 4. Tidal currents and marine current energy
- 9: 1. Historical notes
- 10: 1.1 Tides and tidal mills
- 11: 1.2 Waves
- 12: 1.3 Ocean currents
- 13: 2. General statements and principles on wave energy conversion
- 14: 2.1 Classification of wave energy converters and their comparison
- 15: 2.2 Energy of marine waves
- 16: 2.3 Oscillating body
- 17: 2.3.1 Linear generators
- 18: 2.3.2 Hydraulic systems
- 19: 2.4 Oscillating water column
- 20: 3. Tidal range energy
- 21: 3.1 Tides
- 22: 3.2 Tidal barrage plant
- 23: Ebb generation
- 24: Flood generation
- 25: Two ways generation
- 26: Double-basin generation
- 27: 3.3 Available power and energy
- 28: 3.4 Case study: Rance tidal power plant
- 29: Description and datas
- 30: Environment and economics
- 31: 4. Tidal current and marine current energy
- 32: 4.1 Tidal currents
- 33: 4.2 Marine currents
- 34: 4.3 Available energy
- 35: 4.4 State-of-the-art technology
- 36: 5. Conclusions
- 37: References
