The potential for electrical energy generation from ocean currents dwarfs today's production from hydroelectric dams.The potential mechanical energy latent in tidal flows is enormous and, unlike oil and coal resources, endlessly renewable.Given the similarities between aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, the Aircraft Design and Aeroflight Dynamics Group (ADAG), part of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Naples, Italy has become a noted pioneer of tidal turbine technology. Since 2001, a pilot tidal turbine plant called ENERMAR has been moored in Italy's Strait of Messina about 150m/490 ft offshore in waters 18m to 25m (59 ft to 82 ft) deep, moored with four 350 kN concrete anchoring blocks and 70-mm/2.8-inch chains.
Composite Tidal Turbine To Harness Ocean Energy / Coiro, Domenico. - STAMPA. - December 2005:(2005), pp. 1-10.
Composite Tidal Turbine To Harness Ocean Energy
COIRO, DOMENICO
2005
Abstract
The potential for electrical energy generation from ocean currents dwarfs today's production from hydroelectric dams.The potential mechanical energy latent in tidal flows is enormous and, unlike oil and coal resources, endlessly renewable.Given the similarities between aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, the Aircraft Design and Aeroflight Dynamics Group (ADAG), part of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Naples, Italy has become a noted pioneer of tidal turbine technology. Since 2001, a pilot tidal turbine plant called ENERMAR has been moored in Italy's Strait of Messina about 150m/490 ft offshore in waters 18m to 25m (59 ft to 82 ft) deep, moored with four 350 kN concrete anchoring blocks and 70-mm/2.8-inch chains.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
