A tool for simulating collision probabilities of animals with marine renewable energy devices.
| Autor: | Schmitt P; Marine Research Group, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom., Culloch R; Marine Research Group, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom., Lieber L; Marine Research Group, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom., Molander S; Environmental Systems Analysis, Energy and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden., Hammar L; Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Gothenburg, Sweden., Kregting L; Marine Research Group, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | PloS one [PLoS One] 2017 Nov 29; Vol. 12 (11), pp. e0188780. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 29 (Print Publication: 2017). |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0188780 |
| Abstrakt: | The mathematical problem of establishing a collision probability distribution is often not trivial. The shape and motion of the animal as well as of the the device must be evaluated in a four-dimensional space (3D motion over time). Earlier work on wind and tidal turbines was limited to a simplified two-dimensional representation, which cannot be applied to many new structures. We present a numerical algorithm to obtain such probability distributions using transient, three-dimensional numerical simulations. The method is demonstrated using a sub-surface tidal kite as an example. Necessary pre- and post-processing of the data created by the model is explained, numerical details and potential issues and limitations in the application of resulting probability distributions are highlighted. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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