Shaping array design of marine current energy converters through scaled experimental analysis

Energy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-94

  Bahaj, A S ^a   Myers, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array; Marine current energy converters; Turbine; Wake

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

ARRAY; CIRCULATING WATER CHANNELS; COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; CURRENT ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

WAKES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARRAY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUPPORT STRUCTURE; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE; WAKE;

EID: 84883271962     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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