scholarly journals Hydrodynamic Analysis of a Marine Current Energy Converter for Profiling Floats

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Wu ◽  
Yanjun Liu ◽  
Qi An
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Hydrodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Energy Converter ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Flow Energy ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
Current Energy

With the continuous improvement of people’s interest in ocean exploration, research on deep-water profiling floats has received more and more attention. Energy supply is the key factor that restricts the working hours of deep-water floats. For this consideration, a marine current energy converter for deep-water profiling floats is proposed in this paper. A spiral involute blade is designed so that energy can be captured in two directions. Specifically, in the shallow sea area, the energy of the radial current is captured, and in the deep-sea area, the axial relative flow energy of the floats’ autonomous up and down motions is captured. This captured energy is then converted into electrical energy to charge the battery and extend the working time of the floats. The novel spiral involute blade has unique hydrodynamic characteristics. The turbine’s self-starting performance and its capacity coefficient are the main research topics studied using the computational fluid dynamics technique. Through numerical analysis and simulation, the self-starting response range and energy capture were obtained. This paper verifies the feasibility of this innovative idea using a theory analysis and provides the basis for future prototype testing and further applied research.

scholarly journals Marine current energy assessment and the hydrodynamic design of the hydrokinetic turbine for the Moroccan Mediterranean Coast

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872098662
Author(s):  
Salma Hazim ◽  
Abdelouahab Salih ◽  
Mourad Taha Janan ◽  
Ahmed El Ouatouati ◽  
Abdellatif Ghennioui
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Blade Element Theory ◽  
Hydrokinetic Turbine ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Current Resource ◽  
Suitable Area ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Current Energy

Generating electricity through renewable energies is growing increasingly to reduce the huge demand on electricity and the impact of fossil energies on the environment, the most common sources forms used are: the wind, the sun, the photovoltaic and the thermal, without forgetting hydropower by the bays of dams. Fortunately, 70% of our planet is covered by the seas and oceans, this area constitutes a huge potential for electricity production to be exploited. The scientific advances of recent years allow a better exploitation of these resources especially the marine current due to its reliability and predictability. The marine current energy is extracted using a hydrokinetic turbine (HKT) which transform the kinetic energy of water into an electrical energy. The exploitation of this resource needs in the first step the assessment of marine currents in the study area for implementing the HKT, and the second step is designing an adequate technology. The main goal of this study is the assessment of the marine current resource on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast to evaluate the suitable area to implement the HKT, and to determine the marine current speed intensities at different depths. As well as, to estimate an average potential existing in the site. Moreover, we will conduct a study based on the results of the assessment that was made to design a horizontal axis marine current turbine (HAMCT). Two hydrofoil profile were considered to design a HAMCT using the Blade Element Theory (BEM) and calculating their performances adapted to the site conditions Naca4415 and s8052. In addition, a comparison was made between this two HAMCT hydrofoil profile for deciding the best one for implementing in the studied area.

Marine Current Technology Design to Support the Poteran Island Economy Based on Fisheries

2018 ◽  
Vol 874 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Aries Sulisetyono ◽  
Lalu Muhammad Jaelani ◽  
Eddy Setyo
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Current Speed ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Concept Design ◽  
Floating Platform ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Turbine Design ◽  
Current Energy

Poteran is a small island as part of Sumenep Madura Indonesia where it has the natural resorces to be developed into a sustainable small island. Increasing the local economy based on fisheries sector has a high potential to be developed. In small fisheries industry, the electrical energy is necessary needed, so that the marine power plant technology is relevant to be employed in this island. This paper describe the concept design of current power technology which is suitable to be implemented in the island consider to the enviromental sea condition. Potential current energy captured is identified based on the measurement of current speed for the short period of time at the coastal area of island. Futhermore, the turbine design of current power technology is introduced as well as the design of floating platform.

scholarly journals A Back-to-Back 2L-3L Grid Integration of a Marine Current Energy Converter

Energies ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 808-820
Author(s):  
Senad Apelfröjd ◽  
Rickard Ekström ◽  
Karin Thomas ◽  
Mats Leijon
Keyword(s):  
Grid Integration ◽  
Energy Converter ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Current Energy

scholarly journals Experimental Results of a DC Bus Voltage Level Control for a Load-Controlled Marine Current Energy Converter

Energies ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4572-4586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Forslund ◽  
Staffan Lundin ◽  
Karin Thomas ◽  
Mats Leijon
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Results ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Energy Converter ◽  
Voltage Level ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Dc Bus ◽  
Bus Voltage ◽  
Current Energy

scholarly journals Status of Marine Current Energy Conversion in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Hongwei Liu ◽  
AbuBakr S. Bahaj
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Technology Deployment ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Marine Energy ◽  
The Status ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Current Energy

Marine current energy conversion (MCEC) technologies are promising renewable energy systems with some full scale and semi-commercial turbines constructed and deployed in several countries around the world. In this work, we present the status of marine current energy and systems in China and policies geared to support these. Over the past ten years the Chinese government has provided a policy framework and financial supports for the development of MCEC technologies of various design philosophies which has resulted in significant technology deployment at sea. A review of these technologies – which have turbine capacities in the range 20 kW to 650 kW, mostly tested at sea – is presented in the paper. In addition, the paper also discusses Chinese plans for marine energy test sites at sea to support prototype development and testing and concludes with a view of future prospects for the marine energy technology deployment in China.

scholarly journals Maximizing Energy Saving by Solar Power based Optimal Supply Side Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 388-395
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Current Control ◽  
Power Supplies ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Physical Output ◽  
And Control ◽  
Current Energy ◽  
A Current

Energy saving can be maximized by rectifying the intermediate conversion processes involved during the utilization of solar energy. The system eliminates the transformation of electrical form of solar energy into another form by directly utilizing its electrical energy in the management and control of power supplies obtained from renewable (solar) and conventional (mains) energy sources. A current control scheme is presented in which current delivered by solar supply is used to control the current in mains supply in such a way that both currents are inversely proportional to each other. Any increment in solar current opposes mains current in the same proportion and vice versa. A balanced common physical output is resulted from the electrical load supplied by each source separately. A natural variation in solar radiation is utilized to fluctuate the solar current which is further used to change the mains current. Energy saving is maximized in this supply management by the optimal utilization of solar energy.

scholarly journals Simulation model of a pulsed spiral hydro-mechanical energy converter in the heat supply system of a building

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-397
Author(s):  
Anton A. Golyanin ◽  
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Aleksey P. Levtsev ◽  
Anton V. Vdovin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Heat Supply System ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Energy Converter ◽  
Electric Generator ◽  
Flow Energy ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Experimental Values

The objective was to develop a mathematical simulation model of a pulsed spiral hydro-mechanical flow energy converter with a variable speed operating in a pulsed mode. This simulation model can be used for calculating the optimal parameters of such devices. The mechanical energy generated by pulsed liquid can be applied in the driving gear of mini-hydroelectric generators working without drops in water pressure, pumping stations and heat networks providing pressure reduction, as well as in heater fans operating in damp or explosion-hazardous facilities. Pulsed spiral hydro-mechanical energy converters can be used for converting the energy of a liquid flow into rotational motion, which can be further transferred to an electric generator or capacitor. In this study, using the example of a hydro-mechanical converter with a cone-shaped coil, the equations of torque depending on the change in the frequency of flow interruption, the moment of inertia and the resistance in the supports were obtained. Design charts were built for the torque of a hydro-mechanical converter with a cone-shaped coil for a number of coil turns equal to 4 pcs., square tube section 0.00011 m2, and the length of the initial round 0.176 m. The validity of the equations was confirmed by a physical experiment with sufficient accuracy. The conducted comparison of simulated and experimental values showed their agreement with an error of less than 5%. According to the simulation results, design parameters for different models have their own characteristics.

scholarly journals Sea Wave Energy. A Review of the Current Technologies and Perspectives

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6604
Author(s):  
Domenico Curto ◽  
Vincenzo Franzitta ◽  
Andrea Guercio
Keyword(s):  
Wave Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Wave Energy Converter ◽  
Tidal Range ◽  
Ocean Current ◽  
Energy Converter ◽  
Ocean Thermal Energy

The proposal of new technologies capable of producing electrical energy from renewable sources has driven research into seas and oceans. Research finds this field very promising in the future of renewable energies, especially in areas where there are specific climatic and morphological characteristics to exploit large amounts of energy from the sea. In general, this kind of energy is referred to as six energy resources: waves, tidal range, tidal current, ocean current, ocean thermal energy conversion, and saline gradient. This review has the aim to list several wave-energy converter power plants and to analyze their years of operation. In this way, a focus is created to understand how many wave-energy converter plants work on average and whether it is indeed an established technology.

scholarly journals How functional measurement of the traditional foods can raise the knowingness of old recipes used in Romania and Diaspora

10.26458/1441 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Luigi Fillippo Fillippo DANTUONO ◽  
Carmen Costea ◽  
Larisa MIHOREANU ◽  
Adrian VASILE
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Bioactive Components ◽  
Traditional Foods ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Collaborative Program ◽  
Doctoral Programmes ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
Initial Research ◽  
Local Research

The present research continues a European project on “sustainable exploitation of bioactive components from the Black Sea Area traditional foods”. Known as Base Food, it was a collaborative program, funded by European Union under the 7th Framework Programme, few years ago. The initial research brought together scientists from countries situated around the Black Sea together with consultants from Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal and Serbia. Farther the medical, nutritional and technological approaches (Campos S., Doxey J., & Hammond D., 2011, pp. 1496-1506) in the initial project, the Romanian team initiated a unique and outstanding valuable contribution and extended the local research towards socio-economic tracks. Thus, specific aspects were analysed and detailed within certain doctoral programmes. The present paper is emphasizing farther elements, remained collateral, when the main research was considered.

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