Artificial upwelling using offshore wind energy for mariculture applications

Offshore wind is proposed as an energy source to upwell nutrient-rich deep water to the ocean photic layers. A spar-buoy wind turbine with a rigid tube about 300 m long is proposed as a pipe to drive deep water up to the surface. The minimum energy required to uplift the water is the potential energ...

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Main Authors: Álvaro Viúdez, Marta Fernández-Pedrera Balsells, Rocío Rodríguez-Marroyo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2016-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1671