In-stream hydrokinetic power: Review and appraisal

J VanZwieten, W McAnally, J Ahmad… - Journal of Energy …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
The objective of this paper is to provide a review of in-stream hydrokinetic power, which is
defined as electric power generated by devices capturing the energy of naturally flowing …

Performance analysis and tank test validation of a hybrid ocean wave-current energy converter with a single power takeoff

B Jiang, X Li, S Chen, Q Xiong, B Chen… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a hybrid ocean wave-current energy converter (HWCEC) that harvests
energy from ocean waves and current simultaneously with a single power takeoff. The wave …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic performance comparison of various energy storage systems from source-to-electricity for renewable energy resources

M AlShafi, Y Bicer - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study discusses and thermodynamically analyzes several energy storage systems,
namely; pumped-hydro, compressed air, hot water storage, molten salt thermal storage …

Rotor blade imbalance fault detection for variable-speed marine current turbines via generator power signal analysis

B Freeman, Y Tang, Y Huang, J VanZwieten - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine hydrokinetic (MHK) turbines extract renewable energy from oceanic environments.
However, due to the harsh conditions that these turbines operate in, system performance …

Nonlinear dynamics of a floating offshore wind turbine platform via statistical quadratization—Mooring, wave and current interaction

LSP Silva, B Cazzolato, NY Sergiienko, B Ding - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper applies the method of statistical quadratization to investigate the first and second-
order responses of a floating offshore wind turbine platform due to forces from a catenary …

Levelized cost of energy analysis of marine and hydrokinetic reference models

DS Jenne, YH Yu, V Neary - 2015 - osti.gov
In 2010 the US Department of Energy initiated the development of six marine energy
converter reference models. The reference models are point designs of well-known marine …

Wave resource characterization at regional and nearshore scales for the US Alaska coast based on a 32-year high-resolution hindcast

G García-Medina, Z Yang, WC Wu, T Wang - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A wave resource characterization was performed for the southern coast of Alaska based on
a 32-year hindcast covering the period from 1979 to 2010. The characterization closely …

Optimizing offshore renewable portfolios under resource variability

VAD de Faria, AR de Queiroz, JF DeCarolis - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The deployment of offshore wind, wave, and ocean current technologies can be coordinated
to provide maximum economic benefit. We develop a model formulation based on Mean …

Hierarchical control design and performance assessment of an ocean kite in a turbulent flow environment

J Reed, M Cobb, J Daniels, A Siddiqui, M Muglia… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a hierarchical control framework for a kite-based marine hydrokinetic
(MHK) system that executes power-augmenting cross-current flight, along with simulation …

ν-gap metric based multi-model predictive control of an ocean current turbine system with blade pitch failures

EB Ondes, C Sultan, A Hasankhani, JH VanZwieten… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this article, a method of combining multiple linear models is developed and used by an
advanced model predictive control algorithm for ocean current turbine flight control. The …