TY - CONF
TI - Marine Renewable Energy Converters and Biofouling: A Review on Impacts and Prevention
AU - Titah-Benbouzid, H
AU - Benbouzid, M
T2 - 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2015)
AB - In recent years, a number of studies have been performed to assess the damages caused by biofouling, which is simply the attachment of organisms to a surface in contact with water for a period of time. This explanation sounds fairly straightforward, but there are several organisms that cause biofouling, many different types of affected surfaces, and therefore many solutions dealing with this problem. Regarding the marine renewable energy emerging and promising area of research, this paper aims to provide a review of the biofouling issue in the context of Marine Renewable Energy Converters (MRECs). The proposed review will specifically highlight biofouling impacts on MRECs and solutions to prevent fouling. In addition, a discussion will highlight challenges that MRECs market needs to undertake to overcome the biofouling problem.
DA - 2015/09//
PY - 2015
SP - 9
PB - HAL
UR - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01199624/document
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Attraction
KW - Invertebrates
ER -