A review of energy extraction from wind and ocean: Technologies, merits, efficiencies, and cost

S Rehman, LM Alhems, MM Alam, L Wang, Z Toor - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable power sources have become indispensable in modern society. The most
promising renewable sources of energy are wind and ocean, which are widely distributed …

A review of bluff body wakes

JF Derakhshandeh, MM Alam - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of an unsteady viscous flow around a bluff body has covered a wide range
of scientific fields. This paper reviews the wakes of different cross-sectional bluff bodies …

A comprehensive review of nonlinear oscillators in hydrokinetic energy harnessing using flow-induced vibrations

Y Lv, L Sun, MM Bernitsas, H Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of hydrokinetic energy converters based on alternating lift
technology (ALT) is provided. Emphasis is on nonlinear oscillators based on Flow Induced …

Flow induced motion and energy harvesting of bluff bodies with different cross sections

L Ding, L Zhang, C Wu, X Mao, D Jiang - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The flow induced motion (FIM) and energy conversion of cylinders with different cross
sections are investigated using two-dimensional unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrokinetic energy harnessing technologies: A review

WI Ibrahim, MR Mohamed, R Ismail, PK Leung… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy harnessing from hydrokinetic systems has been explored over several centuries.
With advancements in the technology in last decade, and the intermittent nature of other …

High-damping, high-Reynolds VIV tests for energy harnessing using the VIVACE converter

JH Lee, MM Bernitsas - Ocean engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
The VIVACE converter enhances VIV to harness horizontal hydrokinetic energy of water
flows. High-Reynolds and high-damping are required to operate VIVACE in ocean/river …

Numerical investigation on VIV energy harvesting of bluff bodies with different cross sections in tandem arrangement

B Zhang, B Song, Z Mao, W Tian, B Li - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The VIV (Vortex Induced Vibration) energy harvesting of two bluff bodies in tandem
arrangement is investigated using two-dimensional numerical simulations in the spacing …

Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) hydrokinetic energy harvesting based on nonlinear damping

B Zhang, B Li, S Fu, Z Mao, W Ding - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) hydrokinetic energy converter can be used to
harvest low-speed ocean current energy. In order to match the nonlinear resonance …

Numerical simulation and experimental validation for energy harvesting of single-cylinder VIVACE converter with passive turbulence control

L Ding, L Zhang, MM Bernitsas, CC Chang - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Flow Induced Motions (FIM) of a single, rigid, circular cylinder on end-springs are
investigated for Reynolds number 30,000< Re< 110,000. Passive Turbulence Control (PTC) …

Effect of mass-ratio, damping, and stiffness on optimal hydrokinetic energy conversion of a single, rough cylinder in flow induced motions

H Sun, ES Kim, G Nowakowski, E Mauer… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Flow Induced Motions (FIMs) of a single, rigid, circular cylinder with end-springs are
investigated for Reynolds number 30,000≤ Re≤ 120,000 with mass ratio, damping, and …