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Physical Modelling of Tidal Stream Turbine Wake Structures under Yaw Conditions
Energies, 2023 Tidal stream turbines may operate under yawed conditions due to variability in ocean current directions. Insight into the wake structure of yawed turbines can be essential to ensure efficient tidal stream energy extraction, especially for turbine arrays ...
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 To ensure the long-term reliability of tidal stream turbines, waves and currents must be considered during the design phase. In this paper, a three-bladed horizontal axis turbine with a diameter of 0.9 m was used as the baseline model.
Bohan Liu, Sunho Park
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Fractional-Order PI Control of DFIG-Based Tidal Stream Turbine [PDF]
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 This study mainly investigates the current and speed control strategies of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG), which is applied to a tidal stream turbine (TST).
Hao Chen +7 more
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Journal of Marine Science and EngineeringThe performance of a tidal stream turbine array can be affected by numerous factors. Investigating the connection between array power production and these factors will be helpful in improving the development of tidal stream energy.
Can Zhang +6 more
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Experimental Studies of Turbulent Intensity around a Tidal Turbine Support Structure [PDF]
Energies, 2017 Tidal stream energy is a low-carbon energy source. Tidal stream turbines operate in a turbulent environment, and the effect of the structure between the turbine and seabed on this environment is not fully understood.
Stuart Walker, Lorenzo Cappietti
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Tidal Stream Turbine Biofouling Detection and Estimation: A Review-Based Roadmap
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 In the context of harvesting tidal stream energy, which is considered a promising source of renewable energy due to its high energy density, stability, and predictability, this paper proposes a review-based roadmap investigating the use of data-driven ...
Haroon Rashid +4 more
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Designing multi-rotor tidal turbine fences [PDF]
International Marine Energy Journal, 2018 An embedded Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes blade element actuator disk model is used to investigate the hydrodynamic design of tidal turbines and their performance in a closely spaced cross-stream fence. Turbines designed for confined flows are found to
C. R. Vogel, R. H. J. Willden
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Sheared turbulent flows and wake dynamics of an idled floating tidal turbine [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOcean energy extraction is on the rise. While tides are the most predictable amongst marine renewable resources, turbulent and complex flows still challenge reliable tidal stream energy extraction and there is also uncertainty in how devices change the ...
Lilian Lieber +3 more
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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of tidal stream turbine blades
International Marine Energy Journal, 2022 Renewable energy allows electricity generation with lower environmental and resource impact than generation from fossil fuels. However, the manufacture, use and ultimate disposal of the equipment used to capture this energy has an environmental impact ...
Stuart Robert John Walker +2 more
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Mathematical analysis of the turbine coefficient of performance for tidal stream turbines [PDF]
, 2014 Unregulated water currents such as tides and ocean currents include energy that could be utilized for electricity production. These currents can be seen as dead bodies of water with potential energy, driven by gravity or alive moving with a kinetic ...
Abdel Aleem, SHE, Ibrahim, AM, Zobaa, AF
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