潮流発電の研究開発の現状(<特集>海洋エネルギー・資源の最前線)

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Some recent international and domestic projects on tidal current power generation are briefly introduced. Some of them are tested through the feasibility experiments at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland. An Uldolmok pilot tidal current power plant of 1 MW in Korea is now under construction toward the operation in 2010. Our feasibility study on tidal current power generation making use of a pier of the Ikitsuki Bridge in Nagasaki Prefecture is introduced. Measurements of the tidal current by an ADCP (acoustic Doppler current profiler) and the power estimated from the current data are presented. Research and development of the adopted Darrieus-Savonius turbine, its performance in the model experiments and the records of the revolution of the electric generator and the current speed in the sea are also presented. Finally, the tasks toward practical use of the tidal current power generation are discussed.
一般社団法人日本エネルギー学会の論文
2009-07-20