Marine renewable energy : resource characterization and physical effects /: resource characterization and physical effects. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zhaoqing Yang, Andrea Copping, editors.
• Editors: Yang, Zhaoqing; Copping, Andrea Elizabeth
• Contents: Preface; Facing the Challenges of Resource Characterization and Physical System Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Development; Contents; About the Editors; 1 Wave Energy Assessments: Quantifying the Resource and Understanding the Uncertainty; Introduction; Wave Data Sources; Wave Measurements; Numerical Wave Models; WAM; WWIII; SWAN; TOMAWAC; MIKE-21 SW; Analyzing and Quantifying the Resource; Wave Spectra and Characteristic Parameterizations; Baseline Resource Assessment; Higher Fidelity Resource Assessments; Extreme Wave Analysis; Quantifying Environmental Factors. Impact of Resource Assessment Methodology on WEC Power Production EstimatesSite Identification for WEC Deployments; Conclusions; References; 2 Wave Energy Resources Along the European Atlantic Coast; Introduction; Spectral Wave Modelling; Overview of Models; WAM; WaveWatch III; SWAN; Model Set-up and ValidationModel Set-up and Validation; Scotland; Ireland; France; Galicia; Portugal; Wave Resource Assessment; Spatial Distribution; Seasonal and Interannual Variability; Summary and Discussion; Acknowledgements; References. 3 Analyses of Wave Scattering and Absorption Produced by WEC Arrays: Physical/Numerical Experiments and Model AssessmentIntroduction; WEC Array Laboratory Experiments; Incident Wave Conditions; Model WECs and WEC Arrays; Wave Instrumentation; Determination of the Relative Capture Width; Numerical Modeling; Phase-Resolved Linear Wave Theory-WAMIT; Phase-Averaged Linear Wave Theory-SWAN; Results; WAMIT-Data Comparisons; SWAN Data Comparisons; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Hydrokinetic Tidal Energy Resource Assessments Using Numerical Models; Introduction. Individual Turbine AssessmentsRegional Feasibility Assessments; Project Assessments; Case Study; Summary; References; 5 Tidal Energy Resource Measurements; Introduction; The Tidal Energy Resource; Measurements of Deterministic Tidal Resource Characteristics; Measurements of Stochastic Tidal Resource Characteristics; Annual Energy Production; Large-Scale Resource Assessment and the Merging of Measurements with Models; Using Measurements to Validate Model-Based Resource Assessments; Conclusions; References; Wave-Tide Interactions in Ocean Renewable Energy; Introduction. Introduction to Wave-Tide InteractionWave Effects in Tidal Energy Projects; Wave Climate Effects to Resource Assessment; Wave Considerations in the Design of Tidal Turbines; Simplified Methods; Tidal Effects in Wave Energy Projects; Wave Energy Assessment in the Presence of Tides; Tidal Effects on Wave Energy Converters; Dynamically Coupled Wave-Tide Modeling Systems; Conclusions; References; 7 Use of Global Satellite Altimeter and Drifter Data for Ocean Current Resource Characterization; Introduction; Data and Method; Strong Ocean Currents and the Seasonal Variation of Current Speeds.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 387 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 621.042; Energy; Renewable energy sources; Ocean energy resources; Ocean engineering; Oceanography; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical; Ocean energy resources; Renewable energy sources; Science -- Energy; Technology & Engineering -- Hydraulics; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography; Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology; Offshore engineering; Oceanography (seas); Energy; Renewable and Green Energy; Offshore Engineering; Oceanography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319535364; 3319535366
• Related ISBNs: 9783319535340; 331953534X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 27, 2017).
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