E-Book, Englisch, 262 Seiten
Charlier / Finkl Ocean Energy
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-77932-2
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Tide and Tidal Power
E-Book, Englisch, 262 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-540-77932-2
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Engineers' dreams and fossil energy replacement schemes can come true. Man has been tapping the energy of the sea to provide power for his industries for centuries. Tidal energy combined with that of waves and marine winds rank among those most successfully put the work. Large scale plants are capital intensive but smaller ones, particularly built in China, have proven profitable. Since the initiation of the St Malo project in France, similar projects have gone into active service where methods have been devised to cut down on costs, new types of turbines developed and cost competitiveness considerably improved. Tidal power has enormous potential. The book reviews recent progress in extracting power from the ocean, surveys the history of tidal power harnessing and updates a prior publication by the author.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Contents;5
2;List of Illustrations;9
3;Poseidon to the Rescue: Mining the Sea for Energy— A Sustainable Extraction;13
4;Medieval Engineering that Lasted;40
5;The Riddle of the Tides;76
6;Dreams and Realities;89
7;The Anatomy of the Rance River TPP;113
8;Harnessing the Tides in America;129
9;Improvements, Adjustments, Developments;135
10;Current from Tidal Current;150
11;Environment and Economics;162
12;Annexes;170
12.1;Annex I: General Bibliography;172
12.2;Annex II: Additional References;201
12.3;Annex III: Special References for Chapter 2;213
12.4;Annex IV: Update 2008;215
12.5;Annex V: Companies and Organizations Involved in Tidal Power Projects, Services, and/ or Research;233
13;Mini- Glossary*;263
14;Index;265
