The Kuroshio Power Plant

• Main Author: Chen, Falin. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 15
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ocean engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Energy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Offshore Engineering.; Machinery and Machine Elements.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00822-6

By outlining a new design or the Kuroshio power plant, new approaches to turbine design, anchorage system planning, deep sea marine engineering and power plant operations and maintenance are explored and suggested. The impact on the local environment, particularly in the face of natural disasters, i...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Hydrology, Ecology and Environment of Kuroshio Waters
• 2.Conceptual Design of Kuroshio Power Plant
• 3.Dynamic Analysis and Design of Turbine
• 4.Dynamic Design of the Relay Platform and Anchor System
• 5.Assessment of Environmental and Ecological Impacts
• 6.The 30MW Pilot Power Plant
• App.A.Global underwater turbine catalog
• App.B.Performance and patent data for the Gulf Stream Turbine
• App.C.Shape functions, stiffness and mass matrices of elements
• App.D.Options of the universal joint
• App.E. Comparison of construction costs for tidal power plants and Kuroshio power plants.