Status
Completed
Principle Investigator Contact Information
Name: Howard Hanson
Address: FAU/SNMREC, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton FL 33431
Phone: +1 561-297-2460
Email: hphanson@fau.edu
Description
To simulate, using the hybrid coordinate ocean model, the effects of (parameterized) ocean-current turbines in the Straits of Florida on the Gulf Stream.
Funding Source
State of Florida
Location of Research
Tallahassee & Boca Raton (computer modeling and analysis)
Project Aims
Explore relationships between Marine Renewable Energy Extraction & Gulf Stream Dynamics.
Study Progress
This research is complete.
Key Findings
Modest deployments are unlikely to have measurable effects; a full “wall” of systems has the potential to divert the main flow altogether. Effective power extraction not specifically calculated.