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Stephan Kramer

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Advanced Research Fellow
 
 
 
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4.85Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Angeloudis:2020:10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.167,
author = {Angeloudis, A and Kramer, SC and Hawkins, N and Piggott, MD},
doi = {10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.167},
journal = {Renewable Energy},
pages = {876--888},
title = {On the potential of linked-basin tidal power plants: An operational and coastal modelling assessment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.167},
volume = {155},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Single-basin tidal range power plants have the advantage of predictable energy outputs, but feature non-generation periods in every tidal cycle. Linked-basin tidal power systems can reduce this variability and consistently generate power. However, as a concept the latter are under-studied with limited information on their performance relative to single-basin designs. In addressing this, we outline the basic principles of linked-basin power plant operation and report results from their numerical simulation. Tidal range energy operational models are applied to gauge their capabilities relative to conventional, single-basin tidal power plants. A coastal ocean model (Thetis) is then refined with linked-basin modelling capabilities. Simulations demonstrate that linked-basin systems can reduce non-generation periods at the expense of the extractable energy output relative to conventional tidal lagoons and barrages. As an example, a hypothetical case is considered for a site in the Severn Estuary, UK. The linked-basin system is seen to generate energy 80–100% of the time over a spring-neap cycle, but harnesses at best  30% of the energy of an equivalent-area single-basin design.
AU  - Angeloudis,A
AU  - Kramer,SC
AU  - Hawkins,N
AU  - Piggott,MD
DO  - 10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.167
EP  - 888
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0960-1481
SP  - 876
TI  - On the potential of linked-basin tidal power plants: An operational and coastal modelling assessment
T2  - Renewable Energy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.167
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148120305000?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/78947
VL  - 155
ER  -
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