Synergistic Hybrid Marine Renewable Energy Harvest System

Liang Cui, Sadra Amani, Mohammed Gabr, Wanniarachchige Gnamani Pabasara Kumari (), Aziz Ahmed, Hasan Ozcan, Bahman Amini Horri and Subhamoy Bhattacharya
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Liang Cui: School of Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Sadra Amani: Ramboll UK Limited, London SE1 8NW, UK
Mohammed Gabr: Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Wanniarachchige Gnamani Pabasara Kumari: School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2522, Australia
Aziz Ahmed: School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2522, Australia
Hasan Ozcan: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Bahman Amini Horri: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Subhamoy Bhattacharya: School of Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-30

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel hybrid marine renewable energy-harvesting system to increase energy production, reduce levelized costs of energy and promote renewable marine energy. Firstly, various marine renewable energy resources and state-of-art technologies for energy exploitation and storage were reviewed. The site selection criteria for each energy-harvesting approach were identified, and a scoring matrix for site selection was proposed to screen suitable locations for the hybrid system. The Triton Knoll wind farm was used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the scoring matrix. An integrated energy system was designed, and FE modeling was performed to assess the effects of additional energy devices on the structural stability of the main wind turbine structure. It has been proven that the additional energy structures have a negligible influence on foundation/structure deflection (<1%) and increased system natural frequency by 6%; thus, they have a minimum influence on the original wind system but increased energy yield.

Keywords: hybrid energy systems; offshore wind energy; tidal current energy; geothermal energy; wave energy converter; hydrogen generators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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