CFD simulation of fixed and variable pitch vertical axis tidal turbine

Journal of Marine Science and Application

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Sheng, Qihu ^a   Khalid, Syed Shah ^b   Xiong, Zhimin ^b   Sahib, Ghazala ^c   Zhang, Liang ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION SCIENCES   (China)

^c Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

fixed pitch; tidal energy; variable pitch; vertical axis turbine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878209641     PISSN: 16719433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11804-013-1184-z     Document Type: Article

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