Overview

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.

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Author:   R. H. Charlier ,  Charles W. Finkl
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642096754

ISBN 10:   3642096751
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   10 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Poseidon to the Rescue: Mining the Sea for Energy-A Sustainable Extraction.- Medieval Engineering that Lasted.- The Riddle of the Tides.- Dreams and Realities.- The Anatomy of the Rance River TPP.- Harnessing the Tides in America.- Improvements, Adjustments, Developments.- Current from Tidal Current.- Environment and Economics.

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From the reviews: This work by geoscientists Charlier and Finkl ! is a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art activities related to extracting useful energy from the ocean. ! discusses many ancient and modern designs, which are based mostly on capturing tidal flows. The authors also explore the theoretical attractiveness of wave energy, as well as exploitation of the ocean's temperature differential at different depths. ! This volume includes many illustrations and 94 pages of 'annexes,' including an extensive bibliography ! . Summing Up: Recommended. All levels of readership. (J. C. Comer, Choice, Vol. 47 (1), September, 2009)

From the reviews: This work by geoscientists Charlier and Finkl ... is a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art activities related to extracting useful energy from the ocean. ... discusses many ancient and modern designs, which are based mostly on capturing tidal flows. The authors also explore the theoretical attractiveness of wave energy, as well as exploitation of the ocean's temperature differential at different depths. ... This volume includes many illustrations and 94 pages of 'annexes,' including an extensive bibliography ... . Summing Up: Recommended. All levels of readership. (J. C. Comer, Choice, Vol. 47 (1), September, 2009)

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