Performance investigations of the LIMPET counter-rotating Wells turbine

MAREC 2002, International Conference on Marine Renewable Energy - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 77-85

  Folley, Matt ^a   Curran, R ^a   Boake, C ^a   Whittaker, T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BANDWIDTH; CONFINED FLOW; FLYWHEELS; OIL WELLS; PRESSURE DROP; ROTORS; SPEED CONTROL; TORQUE CONTROL; WAVE POWER;

ACOUSTIC ENCLOSURE; LAND INSTALLED MARINE PNEUMATIC ENERGY TRANSMITTER (LIMPET); UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW; WATER COLUMNS;

HYDRAULIC TURBINES;

EID: 22244492964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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