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Tribological design constraints of marine renewable energy systems

Tribological design constraints of marine renewable energy systems
Tribological design constraints of marine renewable energy systems
Against the backdrop of increasing energy demands, the threat of climate change and dwindling fuel reserves, finding reliable, diverse, sustainable/renewable, affordable energy resources has become a priority for many countries. Marine energy conversion systems are at the forefront of providing such a resource. Most marine renewable energy conversion systems require tribological components to covert wind or tidal streams to rotational motion for generating electricity while wave machines typically use oscillating hinge or piston within cylinder geometries to promote reciprocating linear motion. This paper looks at the tribology of three green marine energy systems, offshore wind, tidal and wave machines.

Areas covered include lubrication and contamination, bearing and gearbox issues, biofouling, cavitation erosion, tribocorrosion, condition monitoring as well as design trends and loading conditions associated with tribological components. Current research thrusts are highlighted along with areas needing research as well as addressing present day issues related to the tribology of offshore energy conversion technologies.
off-shore wind, wave, tidal, turbines, energy conversion, corrosion, wear, bearings, gearboxes antifouling, tribocorrosion
1364-503X
4807-4827
Wood, Robert J.K.
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Bahaj, Abubakr S.
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Turnock, Stephen R.
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Wang, Ling
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Wood, Robert J.K., Bahaj, Abubakr S., Turnock, Stephen R., Wang, Ling and Evans, Martin-Halfdan (2010) Tribological design constraints of marine renewable energy systems. [in special issue: Green tribology] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368, 4807-4827. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0192).

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Against the backdrop of increasing energy demands, the threat of climate change and dwindling fuel reserves, finding reliable, diverse, sustainable/renewable, affordable energy resources has become a priority for many countries. Marine energy conversion systems are at the forefront of providing such a resource. Most marine renewable energy conversion systems require tribological components to covert wind or tidal streams to rotational motion for generating electricity while wave machines typically use oscillating hinge or piston within cylinder geometries to promote reciprocating linear motion. This paper looks at the tribology of three green marine energy systems, offshore wind, tidal and wave machines.

Areas covered include lubrication and contamination, bearing and gearbox issues, biofouling, cavitation erosion, tribocorrosion, condition monitoring as well as design trends and loading conditions associated with tribological components. Current research thrusts are highlighted along with areas needing research as well as addressing present day issues related to the tribology of offshore energy conversion technologies.

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Published date: 28 October 2010
Additional Information: Author affiliations: Robert J.K. Wood1*, AbuBakr S. Bahaj2, Stephen R. Turnock3, Ling Wang1 and Martin Evans1. 1national Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS), School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. 2Sustainable Energy Research Group, School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK 3Fluid Structure Interactions Research Group, Froude Building, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK *Corresponding author.
Keywords: off-shore wind, wave, tidal, turbines, energy conversion, corrosion, wear, bearings, gearboxes antifouling, tribocorrosion

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Local EPrints ID: 153537
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/153537
ISSN: 1364-503X
PURE UUID: 80e879c9-48b9-4e4e-ac9c-acb196aed087
ORCID for Robert J.K. Wood: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-9239
ORCID for Abubakr S. Bahaj: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-6045
ORCID for Stephen R. Turnock: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-0400
ORCID for Ling Wang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2894-6784

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