Planning tidal stream turbine array layouts using a coupled blade element momentum - computational fluid dynamics model

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-54

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

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blade element momentum theory; CFD; Marine current; Tidal stream; Turbine array

Indexed keywords

BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM THEORY; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; FREESTREAM CONDITIONS; STAGGERED CONFIGURATION; TIDAL STREAM TURBINE ARRAYS; TIDAL STREAMS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DYNAMICS; FLOW VELOCITY; MOMENTUM; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

TURBINE COMPONENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; MOMENTUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE; WAKE; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84884560197     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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