During the last decade, the development of tidal current industries has experienced a rapid growth. Many devices are being prototyped. For various purposes, investors, industries, government and academics are looking to identify the best device in terms of of cost of energy and performance....

Recent developments in turbine technology allow the extraction of kinetic energy from tidal flows. This method of renewable energy generation is gaining popularity because of the high predictability of tides, the low environmental impact with no land occupation, and the lower investment needed...

Tidal current is considered to be one of the promising alternative green energy resources. Tidal current turbines are devices used for harnessing tidal current energy. The development of a standard for tidal current turbine design is a very important step in the commercialization of tidal...

Tidal energy has the potential to play a key role in meeting renewable energy targets set out by the United Kingdom (UK) government and devolved administrations. Attention has been drawn to this resource as a number of locations with high tidal current velocity have recently been leased by the...

Under practical operation conditions, hydrodynamic characteristics of floating horizontal-axis turbine are affected by the wave-induced motion response of the floating platform for the turbine system. In this thesis, CFX software is adopted to analyze the hydrodynamic performance of the turbine...