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Leticia del Horno, Eva Segura, José A. Somolinos and Rafael Morales
It is necessary to determine the volume of water contained in a tank for a wide range of applications, such as the automation and monitoring of industrial operations. In the context of the marine industry, the aforementioned information plays a vital rol...
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James Slingsby, Beth E. Scott, Louise Kregting, Jason McIlvenny, Jared Wilson and Benjamin J. Williamson
Tidal energy is a rapidly developing area of the marine renewable energy sector that requires converters to be placed within areas of fast current speeds to be commercially viable. Tidal environments are also utilised by marine fauna (marine mammals, sea...
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Juan Gabriel Rueda-Bayona, José Luis García Vélez and Daniel Mateo Parrado-Vallejo
The evolution of tidal stream turbines is increasing the feasibility of future tidal plants in shallow depth areas with mid-tidal ranges (<5 m). However, extreme events such as changes in bathymetry due to the access channel deepening of coastal ports an...
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David Smyth and Louise Kregting
For the tidal energy industry to move forward to commercialisation, understanding the interaction between the environment and tidal energy converters (TEC) is essential. The benthic environment may be particularly vulnerable to development by changing th...
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Paul Murdy, Scott Hughes, David A. Miller, Francisco J. Presuel-Moreno, George T. Bonheyo, Budi Gunawan and Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been highlighted as ideal candidates for structural applications in marine renewable energy devices, such as tidal turbines and wave energy converters. It is well understood that harsh marine environments can caus...
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Joseph Haxel, Xiaoqin Zang, Jayson Martinez, Brian Polagye, Garrett Staines, Zhiqun Daniel Deng, Martin Wosnik and Patrick O?Byrne
Acoustic emissions from current energy converters remain an environmental concern for regulators because of their potential effects on marine life and uncertainties about their effects stemming from a lack of sufficient observational data. Several recent...
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Nianxin Ren, Yuekai Yu, Xiang Li and Jinping Ou
For both the expansion of important islands/reefs and the development of marine resources in South China Sea, a modular integrated floating structure (MIFS) system with tidal self-adaptation dolphin-fender mooring (DFM) has been proposed. The DFM, couple...
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Kate E. Buenau, Lysel Garavelli, Lenaïg G. Hemery and Gabriel García Medina
Understanding the environmental effects of marine energy (ME) devices is fundamental for their sustainable development and efficient regulation. However, measuring effects is difficult given the limited number of operational devices currently deployed. N...
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Marcos Sánchez, David Mateo Fouz, Iván López, Rodrigo Carballo and Gregorio Iglesias
Residual flows are of major importance in coastal areas, driving environmental processes such as sediment transport or nutrient dispersion. Consequently, in those areas where a large tidal stream energy resource is available, prior to the installation of...
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Garrett J. Staines, Robert P. Mueller, Andrew C. Seitz, Mark D. Evans, Patrick W. O?Byrne and Martin Wosnik
A diversified energy portfolio may include marine energy in the form of current energy converters (CECs) such as tidal or in-river turbines. New technology development in the research stage typically requires monitoring for environmental effects. A signi...
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