Using Experimentally Validated Navier-Stokes CFD to Minimize Tidal Stream Turbine Power Losses Due to Wake/Turbine Interactions

Using Experimentally Validated Navier-Stokes CFD to Minimize Tidal Stream Turbine Power Losses Due to Wake/Turbine Interactions

Tidal stream turbines fixed on the seabed can harness the power of tides at locations where the bathymetry and/or coastal geography result in high kinetic energy levels of the flood and/or neap currents. In large turbine arrays, however, avoiding interactions between upstream turbine wakes and downs...

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Main Authors: Federico Attene, Francesco Balduzzi, Alessandro Bianchini, M. Sergio Campobasso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
tidal stream energy
tidal turbine layout
turbine wake analysis
wake/turbine interaction
Navier-Stokes computational fluid dynamics
virtual blade model
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/21/8768

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