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Harnessing Ocean Energy by Tidal Current Technologies
Nasir Mehmood, Zhang Liang and Jawad Khan
Corresponding Author: Nasir Mehmood
Submitted: April 25, 2012
Accepted: May 16, 2012
Published: September 15, 2012 |
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The world is heavily dependent on fossil fuels since most of its energy requirements are fulfilled
by conventional methods of burning these fuels. The energy demand is increasing by day with growing
population. The energy production by fossil fuels is devastating the environment and survival of life on
globe is endangered. The renewal energy technologies are vital to ensure future energy sustenance and
environmental issues. Ocean is a vast resource of renewable energy. The technology today makes it
possible to extract energy from tides. The growing interest in exploring tidal current technologies has
compelling reasons such as security and diversity of supply, intermittent but predictable and limited social
and environmental impacts. The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive review of tidal current
technologies to harness ocean energy. The ocean energy resources are presented. The author discusses tidal
energy technologies. The tidal current turbines are discussed in detail. The author reviews today’s popular
tidal current technologies. The present status of ocean energy development is also reported.
Key words: Diffuser augmented tidal current turbine, open/naked turbine, shrouded/ducted turbine, tidal current device, tidal current turbine, tidal energy,
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Nasir Mehmood, Zhang Liang and Jawad Khan, . Harnessing Ocean Energy by Tidal Current Technologies. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (18): 3476-3487.
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ISSN (Online): 2040-7467
ISSN (Print): 2040-7459 |
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