Title: Ocean Energy : Tide and Tidal Power Author: C.W. Finkl, R.H. Charlier ISBN: 3540779310 / 9783540779315 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 262 Publisher: Springer Verlag Year: 2009 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
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.
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1 : Poseidon to the Rescue: Mining the Sea for Energy-A Sustainable Extraction Chapter 2 : Medieval Engineering that Lasted Chapter 3 : The Riddle of the Tides Chapter 4 : Dreams and Realities Chapter 5 : The Anatomy of the Rance River TPP Chapter 6 : Harnessing the Tides in America Chapter 7 : Improvements, Adjustments, Developments Chapter 8 : Current from Tidal Current Chapter 9 : Environment and Economics
Annexes
Annex I : General Bibliography
Annex II : Additional References
Annex III : Special References for Chapter 2
Annex IV : Update 2008
Annex V : Companies and Organizations Involved in Tidal Power Projects, Services, and/or Research
Annex VI : Summaries
Mini-Glossary
Index