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- Journal Article:
Draycott et al.
… loads experienced by tidal stream turbines. Over a tidal cycle, the magnitude and direction of the current velocity changes and hence so does the combined wave–current conditions the … along with the turbine performance and loads, are demonstrated through the presentation of temporal, spectral and statistical outputs. The experimental results demonstrate that the … current and 1.56 m in 3.2m/s following current. The corresponding standard deviations of measured turbine parameters for the opposing condition range between 215 and 260% of the …
- Journal Article:
Salter
… laboratory techniques and results from the first work on wave energy, which led to the Edinburgh duck. It then describes some of the work done on later devices at Edinburgh University. Some of the results and ideas for power conversion, component testing, and …
- Journal Article:
Martinez et al.
… deployment stage and costs need to be reduced to improve the long term economic viability of the sector. High costs of tidal turbines are, in part, the result of load uncertainties, which … for a 1:15 scale model tested in the FloWave circular, combined wave and current basin at the University of Edinburgh (UK). Three different flow directions were tested and each of them were also combined …
- Journal Article:
Draycott et al.
… Experimental data was obtained in order to investigate the effect of waves on the loads and performance of tidal turbines. An instrumented 1:15 scale tidal turbine was installed in the FloWave Ocean … and environmental conditions obtained for five repeats of 24 wave conditions via https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2472. A description of the data collection process, data processing, file …
- Journal Article: Noble et al.
Experimental Assessment of Flow, Performance, and Loads for Tidal Turbines in a Closely-Spaced Array
… array configurations where the downstream turbines are affected by the wake and/or bypass flow of upstream turbines. This work presents, for the first time, methods for and results from the physical testing of three 1/15 scale instrumented turbines configured in a closely-spaced staggered array, and … power extraction can be achieved through reduced array separation. A comprehensive set of flow measurements was taken during several weeks testing in the FloWave Ocean Energy Research … - Journal Article:
Draycott et al.
… The presence of waves exposes tidal stream turbines to large and cyclic hydrodynamic loads which significantly … field. The associated loads are found to be strongly correlated to the wavenumber. The nature of the rotational-sampling-effect is confirmed through analysis of the experimental results, where characteristic sidebands are effectively predicted in the …
- Journal Article:
Draycott et al.
… Tidal turbines are subject to large hydrodynamic loads from combinations of currents and waves, which contribute significantly to fatigue, extreme loading and power flow … work, a 1:15 scale tidal turbine model is utilised to further the fundamental understanding of the influence of waves on tidal turbines. A wide range of regular waves are generated in both following-current …
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Lam et al.
… To achieve the full potential of tidal stream energy, developers are incentivised to use larger blades on tidal turbines. This requires validation of blade structural designs through full-scale blade fatigue tests to de-risk the engineering … blade load variation through model-scale experiment. It was found that the standard deviations of thrust load range between 200% and 637% of condition without waves. This results in an …
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Pascal et al.
… developers, governments and investors to be able to reliably estimate the energy production of devices as a function of the sea states they are to be deployed in. This estimation has traditionally relied on only … account for frequency or directional spreading. The present paper investigates the suitability of further parameters to refine performance predictions. This is achieved through extensive wave …
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Krivtsov and Linfoot
… This paper describes the physical model testing of an array of wave energy devices undertaken in the NTNU(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Trondheim basin between 8 and 20 October 2008 funded under …
- Journal Article:
Moñino et al.
… used in Oscillating Water Column (OWC) devices for wave energy conversion. The purpose of this paper is to simulate the performance of an OWC turbine through the implementation of an Actuator Disk Model (ADM) in Fluent®. A set of different regular wave tests are developed …
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Sutherland et al.
… scale tidal energy devices are shortly to be deployed in the first arrays, the knowledge of how different array layouts perform is a key and under-examined field. Here, the Momentum Reversal Lift (MRL) turbine, developed by the University of Exeter, is deployed in five different array layouts utilising up to 15 devices. The use of …
- Journal Article: Payne et al.
Variation of loads on a three-bladed horizontal axis tidal turbine with frequency and blade position
… Sustainable and cost effective design for tidal current turbines requires knowledge of the complex nature of unsteady loads on turbine components including blades, rotor and support structure. This study … All the experimental measurements presented in this article can be accessed from http://dx.doi.org/10.7488/ds/2423. … 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2018.08.010 … - Journal Article:
Pierart et al.
… In order to design and evaluate the behaviour of a numerically optimised wave energy converter (WEC), a recommended procedure is to initially … up until the full-scale is reached. At any point, an important step is the correct selection of the wave theory to model the dynamical behaviour of the WEC. Most authors recommend the selection of a wave theory based on dimensional …
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Pawitan et al.
… Wave energy is one of the most promising marine energy resources in terms of the scale of the resource, but there remains little technology convergence and costs remain at …
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Viviano et al.
… and loading on a generalised Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy converter by means of large scale (approximately 1:5–1:9) experiments in the Grosse Wellenkanal (GWK), in which variation of both still water depth and orifice (PTO) dimension are investigated under random waves. The … methodology, reflection analyses and loadings acting on the OWC are reported. On the basis of wave reflection analysis, the optimum orifice is defined as that restriction which causes the …
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Davey et al.
… The EU H2020 MaRINET2 project has a goal to improve the quality, robustness and accuracy of physical modelling and associated testing practices for the offshore renewable energy sector. … between facilities and working practices. A nonproprietary hinged raft, with a nominal scale of 1:25, was tested under a set of 12 irregular sea states. This allowed for an assessment of power output, hinge angles, mooring …
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