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Journal article
Modeling Assessment of Tidal Energy Extraction in the Western Passage
Journal of marine science and engineering, Vol.8(6), pp.1-21
05/06/2020
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Abstract
Numerical models have been widely used for the resource characterization and assessment of tidal instream energy. The accurate assessment of tidal stream energy resources at a feasibility or project-design scale requires detailed hydrodynamic model simulations or high-quality field measurements. This study applied a three-dimensional finite-volume community ocean model (FVCOM) to simulate the tidal hydrodynamics in the Passamaquoddy-Cobscook Bay archipelago, with a focus on the Western Passage, to assist tidal energy resource assessment. IEC Technical specifications were considered in the model configurations and simulations. The model was calibrated and validated with field measurements. Energy fluxes and power densities along selected cross sections were calculated to evaluate the feasibility of the tidal energy development at several hotspots that feature strong currents. When taking both the high current speed and water depth into account, the model results showed that the Western Passage has great potential for the deployment of tidal energy farms. The maximum extractable power in the Western Passage was estimated using the Garrett and Cummins method. Different criteria and methods recommended by the IEC for resource characterization were evaluated and discussed using a sensitivity analysis of energy extraction for a hypothetical tidal turbine farm in the Western Passage.
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- Title
- Modeling Assessment of Tidal Energy Extraction in the Western Passage
- Creators
- Zhaoqing Yang - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (United States, Seattle)Taiping Wang - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (United States, Seattle)Ziyu Xiao - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (United States, Seattle)Levi Kilcher - National Renewable Energy LaboratoryKevin Haas - Georgia Institute of TechnologyHuijie Xue - University of MaineXi Feng - Hohai University
- Publication Details
- Journal of marine science and engineering, Vol.8(6), pp.1-21
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Number of pages
- 21
- Grant note
- The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Water Power Technologies Office funded the research performed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830, and by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC under Contract DE-AC36-08GO28308.
- Identifiers
- 991013253460102368
- Copyright
- © 2020 by the authors
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article