Basic principles that apply to the use of marine current turbines for energy generation

The potential for generating electricity from tidal currents in the ocean is tremendous. Tidal currents are becoming recognized as a resource that may be used to generate electricity in a sustainable manner. Marine currents are especially appealing for power production and beneficial when compared to other renewable because of the high load factors resulting from fluid features and predictable resource characteristics. In this new field of study, there is a scarcity of knowledge on many important elements of system design. Despite important work on ship propellers, wind turbines, and hydro turbines, almost little work has been done to identify the properties of turbines operating on water for kinetic energy conversion. There are gaps in the level of knowledge since none of these three well-established fields of technology fully intersect with this new sector. This article examines the basic problems that are expected to play a significant role in MCT system deployment. It also identifies study topics that will be faced in this new field. The hostile maritime environment, the phenomena of cavitation's, and the enormous loads experienced by such structures are expected to play a significant part in the work presently being done in this area, according to the study.