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In Situ Turbulence Replication and Measurement (InSTREAM)

October 2015 – January 2018

The In Situ Turbulence Replication and Measurement (InSTREAM) project was conceived to address some fundamental questions about the turbulence physics in tidal energy sites and laboratory tanks used to simulate these sites.

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Image courtesy of Dr. Maricarmen Guerra Paris.

Researcher Spotlight

Maricarmen Guerra Paris

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University

“For me, it has been exciting to learn how to use new instruments and to test how the different instruments and techniques, that we typically use in the field, work and compare in both controlled environments and energetic tidal channels. This research matters because turbulence measurements are difficult in highly-energetic environments, turbulence varies spatially and in time, and it is not easy to accurately capture its variability.”

Biome Renewables project Sahra Skripsky, Dr. Sue Molloy, Simon Herbinger

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Success Stories

Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials

Because there’s not yet a standardized, optimal way of extracting power from tidal currents, many tidal industry technologies are currently being tested around the world. The Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials project used Canada’s largest university aquatic research facility – Dalhousie University’s Aquatron – to demonstrate the potential of a new hydrokinetic tidal turbine design.

Image courtesy of Saint Mary's University.

Student Spotlight

Christopher Sangster

M.Sc. student, Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University

Time spent as a child on the beaches of his home province instilled in Chris Sangster a natural curiosity about his surroundings. “My interest in geology began when I was quite young,” he says. “My parents and I spent a lot of time exploring the beaches around Nova Scotia and collecting interesting rocks and sometimes fossils which we would come across.”

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Upcoming News & Events

Climate change mitigation through energy system modelling

Whale Tails & Other Stories of the Outer Bay of Fundy Marine Guide Now Available

OERA Energy Update - January, 2021

Maricarmen Guerra Paris

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University

Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials

Christopher Sangster

M.Sc. student, Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University