Tidal Power from the Severn Estuary
Author : Great Britain. Department of Energy
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 18,58 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Bridges
ISBN :
Ocean Energy
Author : R. H. Charlier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 11,35 MB
Release : 2009-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540779329
Book Description
Engineers’ dreams and fossil energy replacement schemes can come true. Man has been tapping the energy of the sea to provide power for his industries for centuries. Tidal energy combined with that of waves and marine winds rank among those most successfully put the work. Large scale plants are capital intensive but smaller ones, particularly built in China, have proven profitable. Since the initiation of the St Malo project in France, similar projects have gone into active service where methods have been devised to cut down on costs, new types of turbines developed and cost competitiveness considerably improved. Tidal power has enormous potential. The book reviews recent progress in extracting power from the ocean, surveys the history of tidal power harnessing and updates a prior publication by the author.
Renewable Energy Systems
Author : Martin Kaltschmitt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1898 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461458197
Book Description
Humanity is facing a steadily diminishing supply of fossil fuels, causing researchers, policy makers, and the population as a whole to turn increasingly to alternative and especially renewable sources of energy to make up this deficit. Gathering over 80 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technologies, Renewable Energy Systems provides an authoritative introduction to a wide variety of renewable energy sources. State-of-the-art coverage includes geothermal power stations, ocean energy, renewable energy from biomass, waste to energy, and wind power. This comprehensive, two-volume work provides an excellent introduction for those entering these fields, as well as new insights for advanced researchers, industry experts, and decision makers.
Tidal Power
Author : A. Clive Baker
Publisher : IET
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780863411892
Book Description
This book describes how large tides develop in particular places and how the energy could be extracted by building suitable barrages.
Tidal Energy Systems
Author : Vikas Khare
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2018-10-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128148829
Book Description
Tidal Energy Systems: Design, Optimization and Control provides a comprehensive overview of concepts, technologies, management and the control of tidal energy systems and tidal power plants. It presents the fundamentals of tidal energy, including the structure of tidal currents and turbulence. Technology, principles, components, operation, and a performance assessment of each component are also covered. Other sections consider pre-feasibility analysis methods, plant operation, maintenance and power generation, reliability assessment in terms of failure distribution, constant failure rate and the time dependent failure model. Finally, the most recent research advances and future trends are reviewed. In addition, applicable real-life examples and a case study of India's tidal energy scenario are included. The book provides ocean energy researchers, practitioners and graduate students with all the information needed to design, deploy, manage and operate tidal energy systems. Senior undergraduate students will also find this to be a useful resource on the fundamentals of tidal energy systems and their components. - Presents the fundamentals of tidal energy, including system components, pre-feasibility analysis, and plant management, operations and control - Explores concepts of sustainability and a reliability analysis of tidal energy systems, as well as their economic aspects and future trends - Covers the assessment of tidal energy systems by optimization technique and game theory
Tides
Author : David George Bowers
Publisher :
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Science
ISBN : 019882663X
Book Description
The tide is important to Earth's climate, the biological productivity of our seas, and our hunt for renewable energy sources. It is also thought to have played a role in the evolution of life on Earth. This book explains the nature and cause of the tide, its observation and prediction, unusual tides, and their relevance to us.
Renewable Energy
Author : Bent Sorensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2318 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317740939
Book Description
This four-volume set, edited by a leading expert in the field, brings together in one collection a series of papers that have been fundamental to the development of renewable energy as a defined discipline. Some of the papers were first published many years ago, but they remain classics in their fields and retain their relevance to the understanding of current issues. The papers have been selected with the assistance of an eminent international editorial board. The set includes a general introduction and each volume is introduced by a new overview essay, placing the selected papers in context. The range of subject matter is considerable, including coverage of all the main renewable technologies, the fundamental principles by which they function, and the issues around their deployment such as planning, integration and socio-economic assessment. Overall, the set provides students, teachers and researchers, confronted with thousands of journal articles, book chapters and grey literature stretching back decades, with a ready-made selection of and commentary on the most important key writings in renewable energy. It will be an essential reference for libraries concerned with energy, technology and the environment.
Developments in Tidal Energy
Author : Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 18,91 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780727715715
Book Description
London : Thomas Telford, c1990.
Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy
Author : Simon P. Neill
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 22,6 MB
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 012810449X
Book Description
Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea presents the basic concepts of mechanics and introduces the various technical aspects of ocean renewable energy. Contents follow a logical sequence, starting with hydrodynamics and then separately examining each conversion technology, with special focus on tidal energy, offshore wind and wave energy, as well as current and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). The authors explore key topics for resource characterization and optimization, such as monitoring and measurement methods and ocean modeling. They also discuss the sustainability, planning, integration and distribution challenges for the implementation of these technologies, including co-location with other systems. Finally, case studies of ocean energy sites and devices allow for a better understanding of how ocean energy conversion works in real-world settings. This book is an invaluable resource for students at graduate and senior undergraduate level engineering (ocean, mechanical, and civil) and oceanography with prior knowledge of fluid mechanics and mechanics of materials. - Presents the fundamental physics and theory behind ocean energy systems, covering both oceanographic and engineering aspects of ocean energy - Explores the most widely adopted conversion technologies, including tidal, wave, offshore wind, ocean thermal and currents
Principles of Tidal Sedimentology
Author : Richard A. Davis Jr.
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 21,69 MB
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400701233
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive, contemporary review of tidal environments and deposits. Individual chapters, each written by world-class experts, cover the full spectrum of coastal, shallow-marine and even deep-marine settings where tidal action influences or controls sediment movement and deposition. Both siliciclastic and carbonate deposits are covered. Various chapters examine the dynamics of sediment transport by tides, and the morphodynamics of tidal systems. Several chapters explore the occurrence of tidal deposits in the stratigraphic context of entire sedimentary basins. This book is essential reading for both coastal geologists and managers, and geologists interested in extracting hydrocarbons from complex tidal successions.
