Enhancing performance of a horizontal axis tidal turbine using adaptive blades

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nicholls Lee, Rachel F ^b   Turnock, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a IMechE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; Cavitation; Marine; Renewable energy; Tidal power generation; Turbines

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CAVITATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIDAL POWER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ADAPTIVE MATERIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TIDAL POWER GENERATION; TIDAL TURBINES;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 36349006950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/oceanse.2007.4302437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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