Effect of turbine section orientation on the performance characteristics of an oscillating water column device

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 642-648

  Patel, Sandeep K ^a   Ram, Krishnil ^a   Ahmed, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Oscillating water column; Pressure measurements; Savonius rotor; Wave energy converter

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HORIZONTAL DUCTS; MEAN WATER DEPTH; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN DEVICES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAVONIUS ROTOR; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TOTAL PRESSURE; VERTICAL TURBINE; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

TURBINES;

EID: 84869157283     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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