Development and in-sea performance testing of a single point mooring supported contra-rotating tidal turbine

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue PART B, 2009, Pages 1065-1073

  Clarke, Joe ^a   Grant, Andrew ^a   Connor, Gary ^a   Johnstone, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRA-ROTATING; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENTIRE SYSTEM; MARINE CURRENT TURBINES; MOORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PROOF OF CONCEPT; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; RIVER CLYDE; ROTOR MODEL; SCOTLAND; SEA TRIAL; UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE; WATER DEPTH; WEST COAST;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; ROTATION; TURBINES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 77952971982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2009-79995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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