Effect of Rotor Geometry on the Performance of Wells Turbine

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 374-381

  Setoguchi, Toshiaki ^a   Takao, Manabu ^b   Itakura, Kunisuke ^b   Mohammad, Mamun ^a   Kaneko, Kenji ^a   Thakker, Ajit ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Fluid machinery; Ocean energy; Wave power conversion; Wells turbine

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BUOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

FLUID MACHINERY; OCEAN ENERGY; WELLS TURBINES;

ROTORS;

EID: 0942266649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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