Cross Flow Turbine

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

Cross flow turbines, also known as vertical-axis turbines, capture kinetic energy of moving water with spinning blades oriented perpendicular to the direction of flow. They can be mounted in either vertical or horizontal orientations. When mounted vertically, these devices can operate regardless of the direction of flow. They typically have cylindrical cross-sections amenable to placement in confined channels or allowing tight array spacing. Turbines can be open or ducted (shrouded) and placed anywhere in the water column, though bottom-mounted is the most common. The electricity production mechanism is similar to axial flow turbines.

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Affiliated Marine Energy Engineering Documents

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Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Experimental testing of the performance and interference effects of a cross-stream array of tidal turbines McNaughton, J., Cao, B., Ettema, S. Book Chapter Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance
The Effects of Blade Configurations on Performance of a Tidal Vertical Axis Turbine Tavakoli, S., Hemmati, S., Niazi, S. Book Chapter Current, Cross Flow Turbine Performance, Structural
Experimental techniques for evaluating the performance of high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays Hunt, A., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Active control of a vertical axis pendulum wave energy converter Boren, B., Batten, B., Paasch, R. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Control
Emulation of a Hydrokinetic Turbine to Assess Control and Grid Integration Cavagnaro, R., Polagye, B., Thomson, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Field Data, Modeling Grid Integration, Performance
Assessment of Debris Mitigation Systems for Tidal and River Turbines Cornett, A., Provan, M., Bear, M. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal, Riverine Lab Data, Scale Device Structural
Experimental flow conditions effects on a bottom-mounted ducted twin vertical axis tidal turbine compared to real sea conditions Moreau, M., Germain, G., Maurice, G. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Acoustic Characterization of a Hydrokinetic Turbine Polagye, B., Murphy, P. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Field Data
Experimental comparison of the flow-induced loading between a ducted bottom-mounted twin vertical axis tidal turbine at still and an unducted prototype Saouli, Y., Coquet, R., Facq, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Real-time hardware emulation of a power take-off model for grid-connected tidal energy systems Erdogan, N., Murray, D., Giebhardt, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Control, Grid Integration, Power Take Off
Modelling and Analysis of an Offshore Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Cashman, D., Sullivan, D., Egan, M. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
The Influence of the Downstream Blade Sweep on Cross-flow Turbine Performance Snortland, A., Williams, O., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Hydrodynamic performance characterisation of a tidal energy generation system buoyancy assembly using CFD Lai, L., Hayes, N. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
The First Standard for Certification of HATT: The Application of Risk Based Approach Bittencourt, C., Zarraonandia, G., Vinogradov, A. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal
An innovative modeling approach to optimize the design configurations of marine (river) cross-flow current energy converters' farm Maitre, T., Antheaume, S., Buvat, C. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance
Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance Mateos, L., Frost, C. , Baker-Horne, N. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Field Data
Intracycle Control Sensitivity of Cross-Flow Turbines Athair, A., Snortland, A., Scherl, I. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Performance and Wake Characteristics of River Cross-Flow Turbine Arrays Using a Simplified Numerical Model Huang, J., Cousineau, J., Provan, M. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance
Comparison of acoustic doppler and particle image velocimetry characterizations of a cross-flow turbine wake Strom, B., Brunton, S., Aliseda, A. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Critical Feature and Seawater Testing of Cross-Flow Rotor Components Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing McVey, J., Zaengle, J., Cavagnaro, R. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Materials, Structural
Experimental Optimization Environment for Developing an Intracycle Pitch Control in Cross Flow Turbines Hoerner, S., Leidhold, R., Abbaszadeh, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Numerical Study of Bi-axial Cross-flow Turbine Clemencot, Q., Delafin, P.-L., Maitre, T. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Performance
Stall Dynamics of a Cross-Flow Turbine Cavagnaro, R., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Performance
Performance Enhancement Effort for Vertical-Axis Tidal-Current Turbine in Low Water Velocity Satrio, D., Utama, I., Mukhtasor Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Performance
Cross Flow Turbine Controller Trade-offs in Optimizing LCOE Donegan, J., Feinberg, M., McEntee, J. Conference Paper Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Control
US Department of Energy (DOE) National Lab Activities in Marine Hydrokinetics: Scaled Model Testing of DOE Reference Turbines Neary, V., Fontaine, A., Bachant, P. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Scale Device
A method for analysing fluid structure interactions on a horizontal axis tidal turbine Nicholls-Lee, R., Turnock, S., Boyd, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of a Ducted Vertical Axis Tidal Current Turbine Klaptocz, V., Rawlings, G., Nabavi, Y. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Development of a modified BEMT model for the analysis of helical bladed vertical axis tidal turbines Fereidoonnezhad, M., Leen, S., Nash, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Review of experimental studies on Transverse Axis Crossflow Turbines Gallagher, R., Frost, C. , Schmitt, P. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine Hydrodynamics, Performance
The Development and Testing of a Lab-Scale Tidal Stream Turbine for the Study of Dynamic Device Loading Allmark, M., Ellis, R., Porter, K. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device
Performance measurements for a 1:6 scale model of the DOE reference model 2 (RM2) cross-flow hydrokinetic turbine Wosnik, M., Bachant, P., Gunawan, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Scale Device Performance
The Analysis of Structural Strength and Fatigue Strength of Vertical Axis Hydraulic Turbine Kong, F., Ding, H., Su, W. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Objective Functions for the Blade Shape Optimisation of a Cross-Flow Tidal Turbine under Constraints Ruiz-Hussmann, K., Delafin, P., Bonamy, C. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
An Open-Source Approach to Modelling Fluid-Structure Interaction of a Crossflow Hydrokinetic Turbine Dillon, C., Barrington, M., Cronin, P. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Hydrodynamic optimization of cross-flow turbines with large chord to radius ratios Strom, B., Polagye, B., Brunton, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
First Experimental Results of a Grid Connected Vertical Axis Marine Current Turbine using a Multilevel Power Converter Forslund, J., Thomas, K. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Grid Integration
Experimental Comparison between Hydrokinetic Turbines: Darrieus vs. Gorlov Espina-Valdes, R., Gharib-Yosry, A., Ferraiuolo, R. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Performance
A methodology to capture the single blade loads on a cross-flow tidal turbine flume model Bennecke, T., Ruiz-Hussmann, K., Joedecke, P. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Siting performance metrics: A Sequim Bay case study for cross-flow turbines Dillon, T., Polagye, B., Strom, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Performance
Parameter Modeling of a Two Cross-flow Turbine Array From Experimental Data Scherl, I., Brunton, S., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics
Characterization and control of cross-flow turbines in shear flow Forbush, D., Polagye, B., Thomson, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Riverine Field Data Control, Hydrodynamics
Influence of Solidity on the Performance of a Cross-Flow Turbine Consul, C. , Willden, R., Ferrer, E. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Preliminary Design of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine for Low-Speed Tidal Flow Encarnacion, J., Johnstone, C. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Structural
Intracycle Active Blade Pitch Control for Cross-Flow Tidal Turbines Using Embedded Electric Drive Systems Zhao, Z., Bennecke, T., Hörner, S. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
U.S. Department of Energy Reference Model 1 & 2: Experimental Results on Performance & Wake Characteristics Hill, C., Neary, V., Gunawan, B. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Cross Flow Turbine, Riverine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Survey and numerical model analysis for siting kilowatt-scale tidal turbines Cavagnaro, R., Thomson, J., Dillon, T. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics
Control of a helical cross-flow current turbine Cavagnaro, R., Fabien, B., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Control
Arrangement optimization of three tidal turbines considering efficiency and productivity Jo, C., Park, H., Chan, J. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Array Effects
A comparison between CFD simulations and experiments for predicting the far wake of horizontal axis tidal turbines Harrison, M., Batten, W. , Bahaj, A. Conference Paper Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
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