Comparing energy yields from fixed and yawing horizontal axis marine current turbines in the English Channel

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 729-738

  Blunden, Luke S ^a   Batten, William M J ^a   Bahaj, Bakr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT METERS; CURVE-FIT; ENERGY OUTPUT; ENERGY YIELDS; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW SPEED; FUNCTION OF TIME; HARMONIC CONSTITUENTS; HORIZONTAL AXIS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; ISLE OF WIGHT; MARINE CURRENT TURBINES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; POWER OUT PUT; ROTOR DESIGN; TIDAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL ELEVATIONS; TIDAL STREAMS; YAW ANGLES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CURVE FITTING; HYDRAULICS; LOCATION; SPEED; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TURBINES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 77958019016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-57763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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