Design and testing of a contra-rotating tidal current turbine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Clarke, J A ^a   Connor, G ^a   Grant, Andrew D ^a   Johnstone, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contra rotating; Marine currents; Model tests; Turbine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDAL POWER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES;

BLADE ELEMENT MODELLING THEORY; CONTRA-ROTATING TIDAL CURRENT TURBINE; POWER COEFFICIENT;

HYDRAULIC TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDAL POWER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES;

EID: 34248326069     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE296     Document Type: Article

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