Numerical simulation of 3D flow past a real-life marine hydrokinetic turbine

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-43

  Kang, Seokkoo ^a   Borazjani, Iman ^a,c   Colby, Jonathan A ^b   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Verdant Power Inc   (United States)

^c State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersed boundary method; Marine and hydrokinetic turbine; Navier Stokes equation; Numerical simulation; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

3D FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS; CHANNEL BED; COMPLEX DOMAINS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COMPUTED TORQUE; CORE LAYERS; COUNTER ROTATING; EAST RIVER; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FREE STREAM; GRID REFINEMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; INNER LAYER; NEW YORK CITY; OPEN CHANNELS; OUTER LAYER; POWER OUT PUT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLID SURFACE; SPIRAL BLADES; STATIONARY COMPONENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAKES; TIDAL ENERGY; TIP SPEED RATIO; TIP VORTEX; TURBINE ROTOR; VELOCITY BOUNDARY CONDITION; WALL MODEL;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW CONTROL; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDAL POWER; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOMETRY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBINE;

EAST RIVER [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857024017     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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