GC52C
Renewable Energy: Marine, Wave, Hydrokinetic, and Open Topics I

Friday, 18 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
2022-2024 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Scott C James, Baylor University, Departments of Geology and Mechanical Engineering, Waco, TX, United States
Conveners:  Maria L Beninati, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Martin Wosnik, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Mechanical Engineering, Durham, NH, United States and Elizabeth C Weatherhead, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Scott C James, Baylor University, Departments of Geology and Mechanical Engineering, Waco, TX, United States, Martin Wosnik, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Mechanical Engineering, Durham, NH, United States and Maria L Beninati, Bucknell University, Mechanical Engineering, Lewisburg, PA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Scott C James, Baylor University, Departments of Geology and Mechanical Engineering, Waco, TX, United States
10:20
A Significant Role for Renewables in a Low-Carbon Energy Economy? (Invited) (65532)
Robin L Newmark, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, Golden, CO, United States
10:40
Applying International Standards for Hydrokinetic Energy Resource Assessments (Invited) (72753)
Kevin A Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
11:00
Evaluation of Environmental Effects of Wave Energy Convertor Arrays (Invited) (67206)
Craig Alexander Jones, Integral Consulting Inc., Marine Science and Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
11:20
Cross-flow turbines: physical and numerical model studies towards improved array simulations (86220)
Martin Wosnik, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Mechanical Engineering, Durham, NH, United States and Peter Bachant, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
11:35
Lower Velocity Sites Improve the Tidal-Stream Energy Resource (63361)
Matt James Lewis1, Peter E Robins1, Simon P Neill1, M Reza Hashemi2 and Gordon Stephenson3, (1)Bangor University, Bangor, LL59, United Kingdom, (2)University of Rhode Island, Department of Ocean Engineering & Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (3)Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
11:50
Sediment Transport, Complex Topography, and Hydrokinetic Turbines: Bedform Dynamics, Local Scour, and the Effect on Turbine Performance. (74066)
Craig Hill, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory - College of Science and Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States
12:05
“Supergreen” Renewables: Integration of Mineral Weathering Into Renewable Energy Production for Air CO2 Removal and Storage as Ocean Alkalinity (63763)
Greg H Rau, University of California Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States and Zhiyong J Ren, University of Colorado, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States