IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v174y2021icp73-85.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Modeling and experiment validation of a seawater micro hydropower system for marine animal telemetry tag

Author

Listed:
  • Wang, Jianjun
  • Cui, Zheng

Abstract

Marine animal telemetry tags are carried by animals to collect environmental data and biological behavior data during their migration and dive. A micro hydropower system is proposed to power the telemetry tag, which can significantly increase its electrical energy. The hydropower is derived from the seawater head difference between the dive and surfacing of the tagged animal and is renewed by repeated dives of the animal. The mathematical model of the power system is built, and the test system for validating the mathematical model is built and tested. Based on the validated mathematic model, the analysis is conducted to obtain the performance and of the power system under single dive of tagged animals. The analysis results show that the power system can reach the energy conversion efficiency of 28.2% when the animal dives to depth of 600 m. The energy efficiency is influenced slightly by the dive depth of animals. When the power system is applied in telemetry tags, the electrical energy that it provide can outperform total energy of original battery of the same size in only several months. The micro hydropower system provides a novel and high efficient way in the ultra-high head hydropower generation.

Suggested Citation

  • Wang, Jianjun & Cui, Zheng, 2021. "Modeling and experiment validation of a seawater micro hydropower system for marine animal telemetry tag," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 73-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:174:y:2021:i:c:p:73-85
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.04.065
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148121005838
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2021.04.065?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wang, Jianjun & Qin, Huawei & Chen, Ying, 2013. "Energy performance evaluation of an innovative hydrostatic motor," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 497-505.
    2. G. D. Williams & L. Herraiz-Borreguero & F. Roquet & T. Tamura & K. I. Ohshima & Y. Fukamachi & A. D. Fraser & L. Gao & H. Chen & C. R. McMahon & R. Harcourt & M. Hindell, 2016. "The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Wang, Jian-jun & Deng, Yu-cong & Sun, Wen-biao & Zheng, Xiao-bin & Cui, Zheng, 2023. "Maximum power point tracking method based on impedance matching for a micro hydropower generator," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. James R. Jordan & B. W. J. Miles & G. H. Gudmundsson & S. S. R. Jamieson & A. Jenkins & C. R. Stokes, 2023. "Increased warm water intrusions could cause mass loss in East Antarctica during the next 200 years," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. H. W. Yang & T.-W. Kim & Pierre Dutrieux & A. K. Wåhlin & Adrian Jenkins & H. K. Ha & C. S. Kim & K.-H. Cho & T. Park & S. H. Lee & Y.-K. Cho, 2022. "Seasonal variability of ocean circulation near the Dotson Ice Shelf, Antarctica," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:174:y:2021:i:c:p:73-85. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.