Publications
Access NREL publications on water power research.
- 1st Advanced Marine Renewable Energy Instrumentation Experts Workshop Report. Driscoll, R.; NREL Report No. MP-5000-51584.
- 2011 Marine and Hydrokinetic Device Modeling Workshop: Final Report. Li, Y.; NREL Report No. TP-5000-51421; DOE/GO-102011-3374.
- "Commercialization Path and Challenges for Marine Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy." 2011 IEEE PES (Power and Energy Society) General Meeting: The Electrification of Transportation and the Grid of the Future, 24-28 July 2011, Detroit, Michigan. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 8 pp.; NREL Report No. CP-5000-49959.
- Conventional Hydropower Technologies (Fact Sheet). Wind and Water Power Program (WWPP). (2011). 2 pp.; NREL Report No. FS-5000-52168; DOE/GO-102011-3350.
- "Developing an Instrumentation Package for In-Water Testing of Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Devices." Nelson, E.; Oceans 2010, 20-23 September 2010, Seattle, Washington. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) NREL/CP-5000-50249
- "Development and Verification of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of a Horizontal-Axis Tidal Current Turbine." Lawson, M.; Li, Y., Sale, D.; Presented at the 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 19-24, 2011. NREL/CP-5000-50981
- "Development of an Adaptive Disturbance Rejection System for the Rapidly Deployable Stable Platform-Part 2 Controller Design and Closed Loop Response." Van Zwieten, T. S.; Van Zwieten, J. H.; Balas, M. J.; Driscoll, F. R. Ocean Engineering. Vol. 34(14-15), 2010; pp. 1367-1379; NREL Report No. JA-500-49826.
- "Discrete Vortex Method for Simulating a Stand-Alone Tidal-Current Turbine: Modeling and Validation." Li, Y.; Calisal, S. M.; Article No. 031102. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. Vol. 132(3), 2010; 9 pp.; NREL Report No. JA-500-46590.
- "Estimating Power Output from a Tidal Current Turbine Farm with First-order Approximation of Hydrodynamic Interaction between Turbines." Li, Y.; Calisal, S. M.; International Journal of Green Energy. Vol. 7(2), March 2010; pp. 153-163; NREL Report No. JA-500-48491.
- "Experiments on Oxygen Desorption from Surface Warm Seawater under Open-Cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion." Sol, J.; Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. Vol. 114(4), November 1992; pp. 246-253; NREL Report No. TP-432-4868.
- "Hydrodynamic Optimization Method and Design Code for Stall-Regulated Hydrokinetic Turbine Rotors." Sale, D.; Jonkman, J.; Musial, W.; Presented at the ASME 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering Conference. NREL Report No. CP-500-45021.
- Hydropower: Setting a Course for Our Energy Future. Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program (Brochure). (2004). 24 pp.; NREL Report No. BR-500-34916; DOE/GO-102004-1981.
- "Inflow Measurement in a Tidal Strait for Deploying Tidal Current Turbines: Lessons, Opportunities and Challenges." Li, Y.; Colby, J. A.; Kelley, N.; Thresher, R.; Jonkman, B.; Hughes, S.; Paper No. OMAE2010-20911. ASME 2010 29th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2010), 6-11 June 2010, Shanghai, China. New York, NY: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Vol. 3: pp. 569-576; NREL Report No. CP-5000-47645.
- "Investigating the Influence of the Added Mass Effect to Marine Hydrokinetic Horizontal-Axis Turbines Using a General Dynamic Wake Wind Turbine Code." Maniaci, D.; Li, Y.; Presented at the Oceans 11 Conference, Kona, Hawaii, September 19-21, 2011. NREL/CP-5000-52306.
- JEDI Marine and Hydrokinetic Model: User Reference Guide. Goldberg, M.; Previsic, M.; 22 pp.; NREL Report No. SR-6A20-50402.
- "A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Wake Propagation and Power Production in an Array of Tidal-Current Turbines." Churchfield, M.; Li, Y.; Moriarty, P.; Presented at the 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 2011, Southampton, England, September 4-9, 2011. NREL/CP-5000-51765.
- "Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Technology and the Environment: Device-Biota Interactions." Souder, H. C.; Li, Y.; Thresher, R.; Oceans 2010, 20-23 September 2010, Seattle, Washington. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 3 pp.; NREL Report No. CP-500-49003.
- Marine & Hydrokinetic Technologies (Fact Sheet). Wind and Water Power Program (WWPP). (2011). 2 pp.; NREL Report No. FS-5000-51235; DOE/GO-102011-3299.
- "Modeling of Twin-Turbine Systems with Vertical Axis Tidal Current Turbine: Part II - Torque Fluctuation." Li, Y.; Calisal, S. M.; Ocean Engineering. Vol. 38(4), March 2011; pp. 550-558; NREL Report No. JA-5000-49493.
- NREL Developing a Numerical Simulation Tool to Study Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion Devices and Arrays(Fact Sheet). NREL Highlights, Research & Development, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory). (2012). 1 pg.; NREL Report No. FS-5000-53583.
- "Ocean Renewable Energy's Potential Role in Supplying Future Electrical Energy Needs." Thresher, R.; Musial, W.; Oceanography. Vol. 23(2), June 2010; pp. 16-21; NREL Report No. JA-5000-47125.
- Offshore Renewable Energy R&D (Fact Sheet). National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory). (2011). 2 pp.; NREL Report No. FS-5000-51348.
- "Overview of Ocean Renewable Energy Technologies." Bedard, R.; Jacobson, P. T.; Previsic, M.; Musial, W.; Varley, R. Oceanography. Vol. 23(2), 2010; pp. 22-31; NREL Report No. JA-500-48850.
- "Preliminary Results of a RANS Simulation for a Floating Point Absorber Wave Energy System Under Extreme Wave Conditions." Yu, Y.; Li, Y.; Presented at the 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 19 – 24, 2011. 10 pp.; NREL Report No. CP-5000-50967.
- "A RANS Simulation of the Heave Response of a Two-Body Floating-Point Wave Absorber" – Yu, Y. and Li, Y. – presented at the 21st International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Maui, Hawaii, June 19-24, 2011. NREL/CP-5000-50980
- Staging Rankine Cycles Using Ammonia for OTEC Power Production. Bharathan, D. NREL/TP-5500-49121.
- "Structural Design of a Horizontal-Axis Tidal Current Composite Blade." Bir, G., Lawson, M., Li, Y.; Presented at the 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 19-24, 2011. NREL/CP-5000-50658
- "Update on TC 114's Work in Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology." Driscoll, F.; Rondorf, N.; Folsom, D.; News and Notes: United States National Committee of the IEC. Vol. 6(1), Spring 2011; pp. 3-4; NREL Report No. JA-5000-51193.
- Water Power for a Clean Energy Future (Fact Sheet). Wind and Water Power Program (WWPP). (2012). 2 pp.; NREL Report No. FS-6A40-54310; DOE/GO-102012-3545.
