Harnessing the power of the tides
March 19, 2015
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Tapping the renewable energy found in the oceans카지노 게임 컬렉션 tides is the focus of an upcoming conference at the 카지노게임사이트 of Oxford and a Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s professor will be one of the presenters.
Ryan Mulligan, an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering, will be presenting his work at the 4th Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop, including the latest data collected by one of his Master카지노 게임 컬렉션s students during a research cruise in the Bay of Fundy, one of the greatest potential sources of tidal energy in the world.
As a coastal engineer and oceanographer, Dr. Mulligan카지노 게임 컬렉션s research is focused on the large-scale effects that tidal current turbines would have on the underwater environment.
카지노 게임 컬렉션If we put out an array of tidal current turbines in the ocean to generate sufficient energy to power a city, which in the present economy isn카지노 게임 컬렉션t feasible but could be in the future, we need several hundred turbines, like a windfarm but under water,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Mulligan explains. 카지노 게임 컬렉션My research uses computer models to examine the changes in the water levels, the currents and the sediment transport that could occur due to tidal energy extraction in the Bay of Fundy specifically.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The data collected from the Bay of Fundy provides 카지노 게임 컬렉션validation against observation카지노 게임 컬렉션 for the modelling being done, he says.
The workshop also offers him a great opportunity to meet with others working in the field, particularly in the United Kingdom where the largest amount of research is being done.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I know several people who will be there and read the work of others but I will get the chance to meet them, learn about tidal research at UK sites and get a better feel for how my research fits into the global perspective,카지노 게임 컬렉션 he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Some researchers are doing similar work on basin-scale modelling and the impacts on the marine environment, and others are investigating turbulence around the turbine blades and small-scale issues related to designing turbines, so there카지노 게임 컬렉션s a large range of scales of fluid motion that are going to be discussed.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Dr. Mulligan says he is honoured to be the only Canadian, and only North American, to present at the UK-focused research symposium that will bring together many of the leading researchers in the field.
Extracting energy from tidal currents is still in the early stages of research, Dr. Mulligan points out, but there are projects that are bringing harnessing the vast amounts of power closer to a reality.
The workshop will be held March 23-24 at 카지노게임사이트 of Oxford.