Article ID: | iaor19971472 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 123 |
End Page Number: | 126 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1995 |
Journal: | Applied Mathematical Modelling |
Authors: | Ryrie S.C. |
Keywords: | energy, programming: dynamic |
An idealized model of the tidal generation is presented. Power is generated by the head across a barrage, with machinery characteristics capable of being represented by elementary functions. The energy produced depends on the manner in which the flow through the barrage is controlled: the energy is maximized using dynamic programming. Results are presented for machinery whose efficiency is constant and for machinery whose efficiency depends only on flow rate.