A3_11 Energy from rip currents

Christopher May, Timothy Smith, Ryan Ruston, Slobodan Sirovica

Abstract


 

The power contained within typical a rip current is estimated, and a simple calculation is made of the amount that could be extracted and used. Technical difficulties with scaling up the process to provide a significant contribution to energy needs are discussed, and conclude that natural rip current power is not suited to large scale electricity generation.


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