Air Turbine Using Self-Pitch-Controlled Blades for Wave Energy Conversion

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 668-673

  Kinoue, Y ^a   Setoguchi, T ^a   Kim, T H ^a   Kaneko, K ^a   Takao, M ^b   Lee, Y W ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axial flow turbine; Ocean energy; Oscillating air flow; Self rectifying turbine; Variable pitch blade; Wave energy conversion

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WATER WAVES;

AXIAL FLOW TURBINES; OCEAN ENERGY; OSCILLATING AIR FLOW; SELF RECTIFYING TURBINES; VARIABLE PITCH BLADE;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 1842503885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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