[ RadSafe ] World's Biggest Wind Park -Capacity Factor vs. Nuclear

[Dukelow, James S Jr]

The mystery researcher and mystery organization referred to in my
previous message are:

Mike Foreman at The Institute of Ocean Sciences in Victoria, BC, Canada.

There is a peer-reviewed publication of the research Foreman described
in his talk "Modeling Tidal Resonance and Tidal Power around Vancouver
Island", delivered at the 2002 Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis
Seminar.  The peer-reviewed publication is "The Power Potential of Tidal
Currents in Channels" by Chris Garrett and Patrick Cummins, in
Proceeding of the Royal Society A, 2005, v.461, pp.2563-2572.  Garrett
is in Physics at U Victoria and Cummins is in the Institute of Ocean
Sciences.

Garrett and Cummins calculate, using mathematical modelling, that the
optimal (that is, maximal) energy recovery from a tidal flow in a
channel was 22% of the energy flux through the channel.

Best regards.

Jim Dukelow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
Jim.dukelow at pnl.gov

These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my
management or by the U. S. Department of Energy.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dukelow, James S Jr 
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 11:31 AM
To: Borisky, Michael (Civ, ARL/ADLO); Maury Siskel; James Salsman
Cc: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] World's Biggest Wind Park -Capacity Factor vs.
Nuclear


I heard a talk two or three years ago by a researcher for a Canadian
Navy research organization dealing with precisely Michael's question
with respect to the amount of energy that could be removed from tidal
flows around Vancouver Island before causing significant changes to
those flows and everything that depended on them.  The question with
respect to wind is also relevant since wind and ocean currents are
responsible for moving the tropical excess of solar heating to the high
latitudes where it can be more efficently radiated back into space.

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