Estudo da hidrodinâmica de diferentes geometrias de sítios de conversão de energia das correntes

The growth in the world’s population implies in a growth of electric energy consumption, being the biggest amount of this energy produced from fossil fuels.  In this sense, the technology development of alternative energy production has grown. Ocean currents energy is a feasible alternative energy source; however, the production cost is still high. With technology development, this cost would drop; therefore, research on proper harvesting sites is already desirable. Off the Southern Brazilian coast, there are two viable regions for harvesting, with one of the sites better than the other. Using the TELEMAC model, coupled with a energy conversion module, it is possible to define which is the best turbine field geometry to harvest the energy. This work shows that a farm with ten turbines in a 45 degree angle with the coastline presents the best results.