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Quang Tan Nguyen, Cong Phat Vo, Thanh Ha Nguyen and Kyoung Kwan Ahn
This study aimed to develop a simple but effective mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion for harvesting hydrokinetic energy based on triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology. Here, a direct-current fluid-flow-based TENG is reported as a potenti...
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Minh N. Doan, Takuya Kawata and Shinnosuke Obi
Cross-flow hydrokinetic turbines have sparked interest among fluid dynamicists for their potential for power enhancement in paired configuration. Following the first part of a laboratory-scaled turbine wake measurement project, this second part presents ...
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Minh N. Doan, Yuriko Kai, Takuya Kawata and Shinnosuke Obi
Recent developments in marine hydrokinetic (MHK) technology have put the cross-flow (often vertical-axis) turbines at the forefront. MHK devices offer alternative solutions for clean marine energy generation as a replacement for traditional hydraulic tur...
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Minh N. Doan, Yuriko Kai and Shinnosuke Obi
This article proposes an experimental apparatus design to measure the power of a cross-flow marine hydrokinetic turbine system operating in a laboratory water tunnel. Data, from one Hall sensor output signal, was processed to capture the three types of t...
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Sharon Kramer, Craig Jones, Geoffrey Klise, Jesse Roberts, Anna West and Zach Barr
The marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) industry plays a vital role in the U.S. clean energy strategy by providing a renewable, domestic energy source that may offset the need for traditional energy sources. The first MHK deployments in the U.S. have incurred ...
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Jorel Flambard, Yassine Amirat, Gilles Feld, Mohamed Benbouzid and Nicolas Ruiz
This paper presents a review of the stream current power sector, with a distinction made between the marine (MCP) and the river/estuary current power (RECP). Although scientific literature about MCP is actually well defined, that about RECP seems small, ...
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Zhigao Dang, Zhaoyong Mao, Baowei Song and Wenlong Tian
Operating horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbine (HAHT) generates noise affecting the ocean environment adversely. Therefore, it is essential to determine the noise characteristics of such types of HAHT, as large-scale turbine sets would release more noise...
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Francesco Salvatore, Zohreh Sarichloo and Danilo Calcagni
A computational methodology for the hydrodynamic analysis of horizontal axis marine current turbines is presented. The approach is based on a boundary integral equation method for inviscid flows originally developed for marine propellers and adapted here...
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Bradford Knight, Robert Freda, Yin Lu Young and Kevin Maki
Hydrokinetic turbines extract energy from currents in oceans, rivers, and streams. Ducts can be used to accelerate the flow across the turbine to improve performance. The objective of this work is to couple an analytical model with a Reynolds averaged Na...
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Francisco Francisco, Nicole Carpman, Irina Dolguntseva and Jan Sundberg
With the prospect to deploy hydrokinetic energy converters in areas with heavy boat traffic, a study was conducted to observe and assess the depth range of cavitating flow produced by ferryboats in narrow channels. This study was conducted in the vicinit...
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