Experimental and numerical analysis of marine current turbines
Batten, W M.J. (2006) Experimental and numerical analysis of marine current turbines. In, International Networking for Young Scientists from the United Kingdom and Malaysia in Renewable Energy Technology, Shanghai, 11 - 14 Dec 2006.
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The oceans around the world offer a large source for energy that is yet to be exploited and in particular tidal or marine currents with peak flows over five knots (2.5m/s) offer a good proposition for the extraction of predictable energy. Several devices are currently being promoted for marine current energy conversion; few of these will be installed within the next 2 years around the UK coasts. The majority of the leading designs are based on the horizontal axis wind turbine principles. This paper is a review of the authors’ current work in the field. The work compares hydrodynamic experiments at 1/20th scale of a 16m horizontal axis marine current turbines in various flow conditions with numerical models. As an example of how to match a marine current turbine to resource the results have been used to compare various designs at suitable UK tidal site, Portland Bill.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Item ID: | 52837 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:50 |
| Contributors: | Batten, W M.J. (Author) |
| Date: | December 2006 |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/52837 |
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