The influence of flow acceleration on tidal stream turbine wake dynamics: A numerical study using a coupled BEM-CFD model

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 16-17, 2013, Pages 7905-7918

  Masters, Ian ^a   Malki, Rami ^a   Williams, Alison J ^a   Croft, T Nicholas ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade element momentum theory; Computational fluid dynamics; Marine current; Ocean energy; Tidal stream turbine; Wake recovery

Indexed keywords

BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM THEORY; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUM METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; NON-UNIFORM FLOWS; OCEAN ENERGY; RECTANGULAR DOMAIN; TIDAL STREAMS; TURBINE PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; WAKES;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 84881553588     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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