Optimization of multiple turbine arrays in a channel with tidally reversing flow by numerical modelling with adaptive mesh

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1985, 2013, Pages

  Divett, T ^a,b   Vennell, R ^a   Stevens, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh; Numerical modelling; Power comparison; Tidal turbine arrays; Tidally reversing flow

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; TIDAL POWER;

ADAPTIVE MESHES; BOTTOM FRICTION; FLOW BYES; FLOW SOLVER; FLOWTHROUGH; LARGE ARRAYS; NON-STAGGERED; POWER CAPTURE; POWER COMPARISON; STAGGERED ARRAYS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL ENERGY; TIDAL TURBINES; TIDALLY REVERSING FLOW; WAKE EFFECT;

TURBINES;

EID: 84874162450     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0251     Document Type: Article

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