Flow separation impacts on the hydrodynamic performance analysis of a marine current turbine using CFD

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 227, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 833-846

  Shi, Weichao ^a   Wang, D ^a   Atlar, M ^b   Seo, K C ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; flow separation; Horizontal axis tidal turbine; hydrodynamic performance; model turbine experiments; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXTRACTION; FLOW SEPARATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CIRCULATING WATER CHANNELS; HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; MARINE CURRENT TURBINES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TIDAL TURBINES;

TURBINES;

EID: 84899108206     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: 20412967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957650913499749     Document Type: Article

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