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Current status and future of ocean energy sources: A global review
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In this article, detailed information about the fundamentals, energy and power potentials, devices, technologies, installed capacities, annual generation, and future of ocean energy sources: tidal, wave, temperature and salinity gradients are given as an up-to-date global review.About:
This article is published in Ocean Engineering.The article was published on 2018-01-15. It has received 221 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Marine energy & Renewable energy.read more
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Recent progress in blue energy harvesting for powering distributed sensors in ocean
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the working principles and output performance of the ocean kinetic energy harvester (OKEH) as well as highlighted the future challenges of and perspectives on the OKEH.
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Reviewing Usage, Potentials, and Limitations of Renewable Energy Sources
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the different types of renewables, their potentials and limitations, and their connection to climate change, economic growth, and human health is presented, and consumers' willingness to pay for renewables in different countries, based on the existing literature.
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A review on the technologies, design considerations and numerical models of tidal current turbines
TL;DR: The technology developments of the hydrofoil designs used in the horizontal axis TCT industry are reviewed, including the hydrodynamics design and the mechanical structure design.
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Constructal thermodynamic optimization for ocean thermal energy conversion system with dual-pressure organic Rankine cycle
Zhixiang Wu,Zhixiang Wu,Huijun Feng,Lingen Chen,Wei Tang,Wei Tang,Junchao Shi,Junchao Shi,Yanlin Ge +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a constructal thermodynamic optimization model for ocean thermal energy conversion system (OTECS) with a dual-pressure organic Rankine cycle (DPORC) was established.
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On the potential synergies and applications of wave energy converters: A review
Daniel Clemente,Daniel Clemente,Paulo Rosa Santos,Paulo Rosa Santos,Francisco Taveira Pinto,Francisco Taveira Pinto +5 more
TL;DR: A review of synergetic technologies with the potential for hybridization and/or co-location with wave energy converters is presented and it is found that mutual gains can be attained from this complementary approach.
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Wave energy utilization: A review of the technologies
TL;DR: In this article, the development of wave energy utilization since the 1970s is discussed, with a focus on the characterization of the wave energy resource; theoretical background, with especial relevance to hydrodynamics of wave absorption and control; how a large range of devices kept being proposed and studied, and how such devices can be organized into classes; the conception, design, model-testing, construction and deployment into real sea of prototypes.
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A review of wave-energy extraction
TL;DR: In this paper, wave spectrum parameters related to transport, distribution and variability of wave energy in the sea are explained. But, the authors do not consider the effect of wave interference on the performance of wave-energy converters.
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Wave energy in Europe: current status and perspectives
Alain Clément,Pat McCullen,António F.O. Falcão,Antonio Fiorentino,Fred Gardner,Karin Hammarlund,George Lemonis,Tony Lewis,Kim Nielsen,Simona Petroncini,M.-Teresa Pontes,Phillippe Schild,Bengt-Olov Sjöström,Hans Christian Sørensen,Tom Thorpe +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the progress in wave energy conversion in Europe during the past ten years is reviewed and current activities and initiatives in the wave energy sector at National and Union level are described.
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Oscillating-water-column wave energy converters and air turbines: A review
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of wave energy converters and air turbines can be found in this paper, together with a survey of theoretical, numerical and experimental modelling techniques of OWC converters.
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Wave and tidal current energy – A review of the current state of research beyond technology
Andreas Uihlein,Davide Magagna +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the current state of research in the field of ocean energy and highlight areas where research gaps exist and where future research efforts should be directed to.
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