Title :
Tidal in-stream energy potential metric: Calibration and estimation in selected sites in the Philippines
Author :
Abundo, Michael Lochinvar Sim ; Ang, Ma Rosario Concepcion O. ; Buhali, M.
Author_Institution :
Energy Res. Inst. @ NTU, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Tidal in-stream energy (TISE) resource assessment can be costly and presuppose that areas have already been identified as having potential before simulations and field surveys are done. Macro-level assessment of TISE potential using an energy potential (EP) metric previously proposed based on tide height differences at the channel boundaries. This EP metric is further studied and tweaked in this work. A combination of simulated currents, using DELFT3D, predicted currents from the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) of the Philippines, are used to calibrate the EP metric to and R-squared value of 0.70437 with an average estimation error of 13.577% for monthly energy densities. The EP metric is applied to pre-identified sites of the Department of Energy for tidal energy and estimates of the monthly tidal in-stream energy are presented.
Keywords :
calibration; tidal power stations; DELFT3D simulated currents; Department of Energy; EP metric; NAMRIA; National Mapping and Resource Information Authority; Philippines; TISE resource assessment; calibration; channel boundary; energy density; tidal in-stream energy potential metric; tide height differences; Benchmark testing; Educational institutions; Measurement; Renewable energy resources; Tides; Water resources; ocean renewable energy; resource assessment; tidal energy; tide height difference;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 2012 - 2012 IEEE Region 10 Conference
Conference_Location :
Cebu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4823-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2159-3442
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2012.6412335