B6355 - PRINCIPLES OF WIND AND OCEAN ENERGY CONVERSION

Learning outcomes

The students of this course will learn the principles of energy conversion from the sea, specifically waves, tidal range (tidal rise and fall), tidal and ocean currents, ocean currents, ocean thermal energy conversion, salinity gradients and from offshore wind. They will be able to perform assessment on the energy production and concept design of wave energy converters.

Course contents

Renewable energy demand

Renewable energy from the offshore wind and from the sea: the actual numbers

Marine renewable energy resources, Principles of energy conversion from the sea:

• Waves;
• Tidal Range (tidal rise and fall),;
• Tidal Currents,;
• Ocean Currents, derived from wind-driven and thermohaline ocean circulation;
• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC);
• Salinity Gradients (osmotic power);

Wave Energy conversion (WEC) typologies;

Sea Current turbines.

Office hours

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