In-stream hydrokinetic power: Review and appraisal
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to provide a review of in-stream hydrokinetic power, which is defined as electric power generated by devices capturing the energy of naturally flowing water – stream, tidal, or open ocean flows – without impounding the water. North America has significant in-stream energy resources, and hydrokinetic electric power technologies to harness those resources have the potential to make a significant contribution to U.S. electricity needs by adding as much as 120 TWh/year from rivers alone to the present hydroelectric power generation capacity. Additionally, tidal and ocean current resources in the U.S. respectively contain 438 TWh/year and 163 TWh/year of extractable power. Among their attractive features, in-stream hydrokinetic operations do not contribute to greenhouse gas emissions or other air pollution and have less visual impact than wind turbines. Since these systems do no utilize dams the way traditional hydropower systems typically do, their impact on the environment will differ and there is small but growing number of studies to support conclusions regarding those impacts. Potential environmental impacts include altered water quality, altered sediment deposition, altered habitats, direct impact on biota and navigability of waterways.
- Authors:
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- Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL (United States)
- Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)
- Cooper Union College, New York, NY (United States)
- Wavelink Inc., Huntsville, AL (United States); U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Ecomerit Technologies, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
- Florida Atlantic Univ., Dania Beach, FL (United States)
- PCCI, Inc., Alexandria, VA (United States)
- Boeing Co., Seattle, WA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1263861
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1986601
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; EE0004200
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Energy Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 141; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0733-9402
- Publisher:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING; hydropower; hydrokinetic; streams; tidal power; river power; ocean current energy; marine renewable energy; in-stream hydro; hydropower, hydrokinetic, streams, tidal power, river power, ocean current 8 energy, marine renewable energy, in-stream hydro
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VanZwieten, James H., McAnally, William, Ahmad, Jameel, Davis, Trey, Martin, James, Bevelhimer, Mark S., Cribbs, Allison, Lippert, Renee, Hudon, Thomas, and Trudeau, Matthew. In-stream hydrokinetic power: Review and appraisal. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000197.
VanZwieten, James H., McAnally, William, Ahmad, Jameel, Davis, Trey, Martin, James, Bevelhimer, Mark S., Cribbs, Allison, Lippert, Renee, Hudon, Thomas, & Trudeau, Matthew. In-stream hydrokinetic power: Review and appraisal. United States. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000197
VanZwieten, James H., McAnally, William, Ahmad, Jameel, Davis, Trey, Martin, James, Bevelhimer, Mark S., Cribbs, Allison, Lippert, Renee, Hudon, Thomas, and Trudeau, Matthew. Wed .
"In-stream hydrokinetic power: Review and appraisal". United States. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000197. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1263861.
@article{osti_1263861,
title = {In-stream hydrokinetic power: Review and appraisal},
author = {VanZwieten, James H. and McAnally, William and Ahmad, Jameel and Davis, Trey and Martin, James and Bevelhimer, Mark S. and Cribbs, Allison and Lippert, Renee and Hudon, Thomas and Trudeau, Matthew},
abstractNote = {The objective of this paper is to provide a review of in-stream hydrokinetic power, which is defined as electric power generated by devices capturing the energy of naturally flowing water – stream, tidal, or open ocean flows – without impounding the water. North America has significant in-stream energy resources, and hydrokinetic electric power technologies to harness those resources have the potential to make a significant contribution to U.S. electricity needs by adding as much as 120 TWh/year from rivers alone to the present hydroelectric power generation capacity. Additionally, tidal and ocean current resources in the U.S. respectively contain 438 TWh/year and 163 TWh/year of extractable power. Among their attractive features, in-stream hydrokinetic operations do not contribute to greenhouse gas emissions or other air pollution and have less visual impact than wind turbines. Since these systems do no utilize dams the way traditional hydropower systems typically do, their impact on the environment will differ and there is small but growing number of studies to support conclusions regarding those impacts. Potential environmental impacts include altered water quality, altered sediment deposition, altered habitats, direct impact on biota and navigability of waterways.},
doi = {10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000197},
journal = {Journal of Energy Engineering},
number = 3,
volume = 141,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Wed May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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