Hydraulic Engineering                 
Review article
http://doi.org/10.24866/2227-6858/2022-2/112-125 

Gorkavtsev P., Bekker A., Shmykov A.

PAVEL S. GORKAVTSEV – Master’s Student, gorkavtcev.ps@students.dvfu.ru
ALEKSANDER T. BEKKER – Academician of RAACS, Dr. of Engineering, Professor
ALEKSEY A. SHMYKOV – Research Engineer, Senior Lecturer
Department of Marine Arctic Technologies
Fat Eastern Federal University
Vladivostok, Russia

Engineering decisions for marine current installations

Abstract. The underdeveloped infrastructure of Russia’s remote regions makes the development of local energy relevant, since the centralization of power supply of vast territories with small consumption becomes unprofitable due to losses in power lines. Renewable energy sources (RES) appear to be one of the most promising strategic directions of local energy development in remote regions of the Arctic and the Russian Far East. The paper presents an overview of underwater installations which transform the mechanical energy of sea currents into electric energy. The article provides some variants of classification of underwater current installations by different authors, general technical parameters of the implemented installations (including prototypes). Based on the review of the sources, the authors have made a conclusion that underwater installations of horizontal axis turbine (HAT) type have the best prospects to develop underwater current installation on the continental shelf of the Sea of Okhotsk around the Kuril Islands.

Keywords: current energy, GOT, local energy, marine energy, RES

See the reference in English at the end of the article

For citation: Gorkavtsev P., Bekker A., Shmykov A. Engineering decisions for marine current installations. FEFU: School of Engineering Bulletin. 2022;(2):112-125. (In Russ.).