A comparison of computational and experimental results of Wells turbine performance for wave energy conversion

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Taha, Zahari ^a   Sugiyono, ^a   Sawada, Tatsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; NACA0020 blade profile; Tip clearance; Wave energy conversion; Wells turbine

Indexed keywords

BLADE PROFILE; CHORD LENGTHS; NACA0020 BLADE PROFILE; NUMERICAL MODELS; POWER COEFFICIENTS; TIP CLEARANCE; TIP LEAKAGE FLOW; TURBINE BLADE; TURBINE PERFORMANCE; WELLS TURBINE;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WELLS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STEADY FLOW; TORQUE; TURBINE; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 77954540856     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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