Evaluation and comparasion of the wave energy potential in selected coastal regions in Turkey

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In order to meet energy needs in world, studies on wave energy, alternative energy, are becoming more and more important with each passing day. The purpose of this study is to identify the wave energy potential along the coastline of Turkey. For this purpose, the data of wind speed and direction, swell and wind wave height, period and direction for certain duration with the six hours time intervals are obtained from ECMWF for the wind and wave climate computations. In order to compute the wind and wave climate at any selected coastal location, software is developed by Serhan Aldoğan in his MSc thesis. By the help of the specifically developed software, for every location, by utilizing existing wind data, depending on geographical location of station, in the direction of energy thought to produce, by using calculated average wind speed of storm which is above the selected wind speed u0, characteristics (Hs; Tm) of the waves of this storm and power (P, W/m) per unit length will be calculated. The duration curves for power, Hs and T, can be obtained. The duration curve represents the occurrence of the parameter (wave height, wave period, wave energy or wave power). It can also be called occurrence curve or availability curve. From these curves, for various percentages of the total storm duration, P, Hs and T’s values can be determined. Also, in the analysis, the shapes of these curves can provide important information about the available wave energy for the selected coasts.
Ocean engineering., Wind waves., Renewable energy sources
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612626/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/20175
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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Ç. Duman, “Evaluation and comparasion of the wave energy potential in selected coastal regions in Turkey,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.
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