Tidal energy site resource assessment in the East River tidal strait, near Roosevelt Island, New York, New York
Abstract
This study demonstrates a site resource assessment to examine the temporal variation of the mean current, turbulence intensities, and power densities for a tidal energy site in the East River tidal strait. These variables were derived from two-months of acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) measurements at the design hub height of the Verdant Power Gen5 hydrokinetic turbine. The study site is a tidal strait that exhibits semi-diurnal tidal current characteristics, with a mean horizontal current speed of 1.4 m s-1, and turbulence intensity of 15% at a reference mean current of 2 m s-1. Flood and ebb flow directions are nearly bi-directional, with higher current magnitude during flood tide, which skews the power production towards the flood tide period. The tidal hydrodynamics at the site are highly regular, as indicated by the tidal current time series that resembles a sinusoidal function. This study also shows that the theoretical force and power densities derived from the current measurements can significantly be influenced by the length of the time window used for averaging the current data. Furthermore, the theoretical power density at the site, derived from the current measurements, is one order of magnitude greater than that reported in the U.S. national resourcemore »
- Authors:
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Verdant Power, Inc., New York, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1115675
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2013-9197J
Journal ID: ISSN 0960-1481; 479944
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Renewable Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: C; Related Information: Proposed for publication in Renewable Energy.; Journal ID: ISSN 0960-1481
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; acoustic Doppler velocimeter; hub-height velocity measurements; hydrokinetic power density; Roosevelt Island tidal energy site; tidal energy converter; turbulence
Citation Formats
Gunawan, Budi, Neary, Vincent S., and Colby, Jonathan. Tidal energy site resource assessment in the East River tidal strait, near Roosevelt Island, New York, New York. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.002.
Gunawan, Budi, Neary, Vincent S., & Colby, Jonathan. Tidal energy site resource assessment in the East River tidal strait, near Roosevelt Island, New York, New York. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.002
Gunawan, Budi, Neary, Vincent S., and Colby, Jonathan. Sun .
"Tidal energy site resource assessment in the East River tidal strait, near Roosevelt Island, New York, New York". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1115675.
@article{osti_1115675,
title = {Tidal energy site resource assessment in the East River tidal strait, near Roosevelt Island, New York, New York},
author = {Gunawan, Budi and Neary, Vincent S. and Colby, Jonathan},
abstractNote = {This study demonstrates a site resource assessment to examine the temporal variation of the mean current, turbulence intensities, and power densities for a tidal energy site in the East River tidal strait. These variables were derived from two-months of acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) measurements at the design hub height of the Verdant Power Gen5 hydrokinetic turbine. The study site is a tidal strait that exhibits semi-diurnal tidal current characteristics, with a mean horizontal current speed of 1.4 m s-1, and turbulence intensity of 15% at a reference mean current of 2 m s-1. Flood and ebb flow directions are nearly bi-directional, with higher current magnitude during flood tide, which skews the power production towards the flood tide period. The tidal hydrodynamics at the site are highly regular, as indicated by the tidal current time series that resembles a sinusoidal function. This study also shows that the theoretical force and power densities derived from the current measurements can significantly be influenced by the length of the time window used for averaging the current data. Furthermore, the theoretical power density at the site, derived from the current measurements, is one order of magnitude greater than that reported in the U.S. national resource assessment. As a result, this discrepancy highlights the importance of conducting site resource assessments based on measurements at the tidal energy converter device scale.},
doi = {10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.002},
journal = {Renewable Energy},
number = C,
volume = 71,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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