Search Results - subject:"Tidal turbines"

Tidal turbine array optimisation using the adjoint approach

Funke, S.W.; Farrell, P.E.; Piggott, M.D. - In: Renewable Energy 63 (2014) C, pp. 658-673

tidal turbines must typically be deployed in an array. This naturally leads to the question of how these turbines should be …

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The effects of array configuration on the hydro-environmental impacts of tidal turbines

Fallon, D.; Hartnett, M.; Olbert, A.; Nash, S. - In: Renewable Energy 64 (2014) C, pp. 10-25

The economic viability of tidal turbines will require the deployment of multiple devices in array formations in a …

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The effect of surface waves on the performance characteristics of a model tidal turbine

Luznik, Luksa; Flack, Karen A.; Lust, Ethan E.; Taylor, … - In: Renewable Energy 58 (2013) C, pp. 108-114

Scale model tests were conducted on a three bladed horizontal axis tidal turbine in a large tow tank facility at the United States Naval Academy. Performance characteristics are presented for a turbine towed at a constant carriage speed for cases with and without surface waves. Intermediate...

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