Numerical and experimental study of the interaction between two marine current turbines

International Journal of Marine Energy

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-83

  Mycek, Paul ^a,b   Gaurier, Benoît ^b   Germain, Grégory ^b   Pinon, Grégory ^a   Rivoalen, Elie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rouen   (France)

Author keywords

Array; Interaction effects; Laser Doppler Velocimetry; Marine current turbine; Vortex method

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; INTERACTION EFFECT; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; MARINE CURRENT TURBINES; VORTEX METHODS;

VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

TURBINES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE RESOURCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TURBINE; VORTEX; WAKE;

EID: 84885650974     PISSN: 22141669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijome.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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