Although a lot can be learnt from technology transfer from wind turbines and ship propellers, there have been a few experiments investigating marine current turbines. As a result, a study has been carried out on the power, thrust and cavitation characteristics of 1/20th scale model of a possible 16 m diameter horizontal axis tidal turbine. Cavitation tunnel experiments for different blade pitch settings have been compared with simulations based on a developed blade element-momentum theory. This theory has been shown to provide a satisfactory representation of the experimental turbine performance characteristics. As an example application, the developed theory has been used to design possible horizontal axis tidal turbines for the tidal flows around Portland Bill. The results show that there is a clear balance between design loads and optimisation of energy yields.


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    Title :

    Experimentally validated numerical method for the hydrodynamic design of horizontal axis tidal turbines


    Additional title:

    Experimetell überprüftes numerisches Verfahren für den hydrodynamischen Entwurf von Gezeiten-Axialturbinen


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    Published in:

    Ocean Engineering ; 34 , 7 ; 1013-1020


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 19 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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