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Performance prediction of a free stream tidal turbine with composite bend-twist coupled blades

, 2008
Free stream tidal turbines are a source of growing interest in the marine renewable energy field. Some designs use variable pitch blade control devices in order to maximize the efficiency of the turbines; however these are complex to design, construct ...
Nicholls-Lee, R.F., Boyd, S.W., Turnock, S.R.   +2 more
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Shaping array design of marine current energy converters through scaled experimental analysis [PDF]

, 2013
Marine current energy converters or tidal turbines represent an emerging renewable energy technology that can provide a predictable supply of electricity.
Myers, L.E., Bahaj, A.S., Myers, L. E., Bahaj, AbuBakr S.,   +3 more
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Numerical Research of the Effect of Surface Biomimetic Features on the Efficiency of Tidal Turbine Blades

Energies, 2018
Horizontal-axis axial flow tidal current turbine is regularly used to exploit the kinematic energy in tidal currents. However, the scaling up of tidal current turbine is very difficult.
Wenxian Yang, Theodoros Alexandridis, Wenye Tian   +2 more
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Manufacture of High-Performance Tidal Turbine Blades Using Advanced Composite Manufacturing Technologies. [PDF]

Appl Compos Mater (Dordr), 2021
Finnegan W, Allen R, Glennon C, Maguire J, Flanagan M, Flanagan T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tidal turbine blade load experiments for oscillatory motion

, 2011
This paper presents blade root bending moment measurements of a horizontal-axis tidal turbine for planar oscillatory motion, conducted in a stationary water towing tank.
Day, Alexander, Bickerton, S, Sharma, R.N., Milne, I.A., Flay, R.G.J.   +4 more
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Effects of Support Structures in an LES Actuator Line Model of a Tidal Turbine with Contra-Rotating Rotors

Energies, 2017
Computational fluid dynamics is used to study the impact of the support structure of a tidal turbine on performance and the downstream wake characteristics.
Angus C. W. Creech, Alistair G. L. Borthwick, David Ingram   +2 more
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Mixed-Mode Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Glass and Carbon Fibre Powder Epoxy Composites-For Design of Wind and Tidal Turbine Blades. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2021
Floreani C, Robert C, Alam P, Davies P, Ó Brádaigh CM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Variation in Flow Characteristics and Power Performance Due to Axial Distance Optimization in the Design of Counter-Rotating Tidal Turbines

Energies
Counter-rotating turbines, designed to enhance the performance efficiency of tidal turbines, exhibit variable operational characteristics depending on the axial distance between the front and rear blades.
Haechang Jeong, Changjo Yang
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New approach to tidal stream energy analysis at sites in the English Channel

, 2009
Tidal stream power generation offers the prospect of predictable, low-CO2power at a number of locations around the UK and the world. Previousassessments of tidal energy resources have taken the form of desk studiesbased on simplified navigational data ...
Blunden, L.S., Blunden, L S
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Adaptive Composite Blades for Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbines [PDF]

, 2011
The oceans are a huge resource of untapped energy. There are many marine renewable energy sources however tidal energy has the advantage of being highly predictable. The range of devices for tidal energy extraction is extensive with power being generated
Nicholls-Lee, R.F., Nicholls-Lee, Rachel F   +1 more
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