Axial Flow Turbine

Water flows parallel to the device’s axis of rotation.

These turbines are the most similar to traditional wind turbines, where the kinetic energy of moving water is captured by spinning blades facing the direction of flow. Turbines can be open or ducted (shrouded) and placed anywhere in the water column, though bottom-mounted is the most common. Turbines may use active or passive measures to yaw or vane in the direction of flow. They can have pitching blades allowing them to change their hydrodynamic performance based on flow conditions or control settings.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Axial Flow Turbine

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Total: 556

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Experimental and numerical failure analysis of horizontal axis water turbine carbon fiber-reinforced composite blade Fal, M., Chandrashekhara, K., Abutunis, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Materials
Decision tool for estimating energy potential from tidal resources Mayerle, R., Orhan, K., Pandoe, W. Book Chapter Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Grid Integration
Posture Stabilization of Counter-rotating Propeller Type Tidal Stream Power Unit Moored with One Cable Murakami, T., Liu, P., Kanemoto, T. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Mooring, Structural
Design of the Blade under Low Flow Velocity for Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine Chen, J., Wang, X., Li, H. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling Structural
Hydrodynamic impact and power production of tidal turbines in a storm surge barrier O'Mahoney, T., de Fockert, A., Bijlsma, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling
Research on Performance Evaluation of Tidal Energy Turbine under Variable Velocity Jiang, C., Shu, X., Chen, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Field Data, Lab Data Performance
A Hybrid BEM-CFD Virtual Blade Model to Predict Interactions between Tidal Stream Turbines under Wave Conditions Lombardi, N., Ordonez-Sanchez, S., Zanforlin, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling, Full Scale Array Effects, Performance
Optimization of the hydrodynamic performance of a vertical Axis tidal (VAT) turbine using CFD-Taguchi approach Khanjanpour, M., Javadi, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance
Performance and Wake Characterization of a Model Hydrokinetic Turbine: The Reference Model 1 (RM1) Dual Rotor Tidal Energy Converter Hill, C., Neary, V., Guala, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
An Inter-Comparison of Dynamic, Fully Coupled, Electro-Mechanical, Models of Tidal Turbines Ortega, A., Tomy, J., Shek, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
A numerical performance analysis of a ducted, high-solidity tidal turbine Borg, M., Xiao, Q., Allsop, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Performance and wake flow characterization of a 1:8.7-scale reference USDOE MHKF1 hydrokinetic turbine to establish a verification and validation test database Fontaine, A., Straka, W., Meyer, R. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Acoustics, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Experimental evaluation of coaxial horizontal axis hydrokinetic composite turbine system Abutunis, A., Taylor, G., Fal, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Materials, Performance
Experimental study of bathymetry generated turbulence on tidal turbine behaviour Gaurier, B., Ikhennicheu, M., Germain, G. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
The development, design and characterisation of a scale model Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine for dynamic load quantification Allmark, M., Ellis, R., Lloyd, C. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Array Arrangement on Vertical Axis Tidal Current Turbine Using Free Vortex Model Han, R., Ma, Y., Li, L. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
Investigation of laminate debonding in horizontal axis water turbine composite blades Fal, M., Abutunis, A., Chandrashekhara, K. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data Materials
Lessons learnt from the design, installation and initial operations phases of the 6MW 4-turbine tidal array in Scotland’s Pentland Firth Black & Veatch Report Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Full Scale Performance, Structural
Hydrodynamic Study on Energy Capturing Performance of Horizontal Axis Blades Under Sub-Low Speed Tidal Current Gao, R., Chen, J., Zhang, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Numerical Simulations of Two Back-To-Back Horizontal Axis Tidal Stream Turbines in Free-Surface Flows Yan, J., Deng, X., Xu, F. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
An experimental assessment of analytical blockage corrections for turbines Ross, H., Polagye, B. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Hydrodynamic performance evaluation of a new hydrofoil design for marine current turbines Nachtane, M., Tarfaoui, M., Saifaoui, D. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Adaptive backstepping control for maximizing marine current power generation based on uncertainty and disturbance estimation Yin, X. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data Control
A detailed study of tidal turbine power production and dynamic loading under grid generated turbulence and turbine wake operation Allmark, M., Ellis, R., Ebdon, T. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Control, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Influence of surface waves on the hydrodynamic performance of a horizontal axis ocean current turbine Tian, W., Ni, X., Mao, Z. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Construction Method Statement Shetland Tidal Array Wills, T. Report Current, Axial Flow Turbine
Research on Pitch Control Strategies of Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine Wang, B., Hu, T., Guo, Y. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Control, Performance
Investigation of parameters affecting horizontal axis tidal current turbines modeling by blade element momentum theory El-Shahat, S., Li, G., Lai, F. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Three tidal turbines in interaction: An experimental study of turbulence intensity effects on wakes and turbine performance Germain, G., Carlier, C., Pinon, G. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects
Performance analysis of two vertical-axis hydrokinetic turbines using variational multiscale method Bayram Mohamed, A., Bear, C., Bear, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Performance
The hydrodynamic performance of a tidal-stream turbine in shear flow Ke, S., Wen-Quan, W., Yan, Y. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Flow structures in wake of a pile-supported horizontal axis tidal stream turbine Zhang, J., Lin, X., Wang, R. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Substructure
A numerical study on the performance of a superhydrophobic coated very low head (VLH) axial hydraulic turbine using entropy generation method Haghighi, M., Merghavami, S., Ghorani, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance
Indirect load measurements for large floating horizontal-axis tidal current turbines Li, Y., Li, W., Liu, H. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling, Scale Device Mooring, Performance
Survey of the near wake of an axial-flow hydrokinetic turbine in the presence of waves Lust, E., Flack, K., Luznik, L. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Development and assessment of a blade element momentum theory model for high solidity vertical axis tidal turbines Mannion, B., Leen, S., Nash, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance
Multi-objective optimization of hydrofoil geometry used in horizontal axis tidal turbine blade designed for operation in tropical conditions of South East Asia Nandagopal, R., Narasimalu, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Performance of a hydrokinetic turbine using a theoretical approach Hazim, S., El Ouatouati, A. , Taha Janan, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Comparison of synthetic turbulence approaches for blade element momentum theory prediction of tidal turbine performance and loads Togneri, M., Pinon, G., Carlier, C. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Blade design and optimization of a horizontal axis tidal turbine Zhu, F., Ding, L., Huang, B. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance, Structural
Performance Evaluation of a Tidal Current Turbine with Bidirectional Symmetrical Foils Guo, B., Wang, D., Zhou, X. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance, Structural
Unsteady hydrodynamics of a full-scale tidal turbine operating in large wave conditions Scarlett, G., Sellar, B., van den Bremer, T. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Hydrodynamics, Performance
Influences of winglets on the hydrodynamic performance of horizontal axis current turbines Yiru, R., Bingwen, L., Tiantian, Z. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Hydrostructural Optimization of a Marine Current Turbine Through Multi-fidelity Numerical Models Thandayutham, K., Samad, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Ocean Current Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Hydrokinetic and ultra-low head turbines in rivers: A reality check Kirke, B. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Riverine Modeling Performance, Structural
Vertical-axis ocean current turbine design research based on separate design concept Xie, J. , Chen, J. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Control, Structural
The O&M driven design of a multi-row platform tidal project Rinaldi, G., Crossley, G., Parkinson, R. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling
Speed control of multiple tidal turbines connected to a shared onshore converter Reynolds, S., Kiprakis, A., Abusara, M. Conference Paper Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Control, Performance, Power Take Off
ADV Preview Based Nonlinear Predictive Control for Maximizing Power Generation of a Tidal Turbine With Hydrostatic Transmission Yin, X., Zhao, X. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Control, Performance
Interaction between hydrokinetic turbine wakes and sediment dynamics: array performance and geomorphic effects under different siting strategies and sediment transport conditions Musa, M., Hill, C., Guala, M. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects
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