Wave and tidal power review
A review of the technology of useful conversion of wave power and tidal power is presented. These two power resources are reviewed separately, but on the same basis: principles of operation, existing devices or plants and research and development. Promising wave power devices in Britain, the United...
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ftunivcapetownir:oai:localhost:11427/18025 2023-05-15T17:04:23+02:00 Wave and tidal power review Kok, Nicolaas Johannes Kilner, F A 1978 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18025 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/18025/1/thesis_ebe_1978_kok_nicolaas_johannes%20%281%29.pdf eng eng University of Cape Town Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Department of Civil Engineering http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18025 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/18025/1/thesis_ebe_1978_kok_nicolaas_johannes%20%281%29.pdf Civil Engineering Tidal power generation Master Thesis Masters MSc (Eng) 1978 ftunivcapetownir 2022-09-13T05:52:22Z A review of the technology of useful conversion of wave power and tidal power is presented. These two power resources are reviewed separately, but on the same basis: principles of operation, existing devices or plants and research and development. Promising wave power devices in Britain, the United States and Europe are discussed. If wave power is to be competitive, one of the first requirements may be energy densification. Proposed energy densification schemes include resonance, high pressure water and wave focussing. Wave focussing is a Norwegian invention, technically feasible, and although more research and development is required, it appears to be more promising than alternative forms of wave power utilisation. According to a preliminary cost analysis, it could be competitive with conventional hydro-electric power. The large scale exploitation of tidal power has been considered seriously for about half a century; the literature on the topic is voluminous. The main limitations of tidal power are its intermittent nature and the high costs involved in the construction of a plant. The existing pilot plants at the Rance and Kislaya Guba have respectively proved that tidal power is technically feasible and that construction costs could be reduced. With the rapid increase in the price of fossil fuels, tidal power plants may be realised at the two best sites in the world, the Bay of Fundy and the Severn Estuary. Master Thesis Kislaya Guba University of Cape Town: OpenUCT |
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A review of the technology of useful conversion of wave power and tidal power is presented. These two power resources are reviewed separately, but on the same basis: principles of operation, existing devices or plants and research and development. Promising wave power devices in Britain, the United States and Europe are discussed. If wave power is to be competitive, one of the first requirements may be energy densification. Proposed energy densification schemes include resonance, high pressure water and wave focussing. Wave focussing is a Norwegian invention, technically feasible, and although more research and development is required, it appears to be more promising than alternative forms of wave power utilisation. According to a preliminary cost analysis, it could be competitive with conventional hydro-electric power. The large scale exploitation of tidal power has been considered seriously for about half a century; the literature on the topic is voluminous. The main limitations of tidal power are its intermittent nature and the high costs involved in the construction of a plant. The existing pilot plants at the Rance and Kislaya Guba have respectively proved that tidal power is technically feasible and that construction costs could be reduced. With the rapid increase in the price of fossil fuels, tidal power plants may be realised at the two best sites in the world, the Bay of Fundy and the Severn Estuary. |
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Wave and tidal power review |
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University of Cape Town |
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1978 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18025 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/18025/1/thesis_ebe_1978_kok_nicolaas_johannes%20%281%29.pdf |
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