On the Performance of Small-Scale Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbines. Part 1: One Single Turbine

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dc.contributor.authorAlipour, Ramin
dc.contributor.authorAlipour, , Roozbeh
dc.contributor.authorKoloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian
dc.contributor.authorPetrů, Michal
dc.contributor.authorGhazanfari, Seyed Alireza
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T12:14:04Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T12:14:04Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe blade number of a current tidal turbine is one of the essential parameters to increase the stability, performance and efficiency for converting tidal current energy into rotational energy to generate electricity. This research attempts to investigate the effect of blade number on the performance of a small-scale horizontal tidal current turbine in the case of torque, thrust coefficient and power coefficient. Towards this end and according to the blade element momentum theory, three different turbines, i.e., two, three and four-bladed, were modeled using Solidworks software based on S-814 airfoil and then exported to the ANSYS-FLUENT for computational flow dynamics (CFD) analysis. SST-K-ω turbulence model was used to predict the turbulence behavior and several simulations were conducted at 2 ≤ tip speed ratio ≤ 7. Pressure contours, turbulence kinetic energy contours, cut-in-speed-curves, and streamlines around the blades and rotors were extracted and compared to provide an ability for a deep discussion on the turbine performance. The results show that in the case of obtainable power, the optimal value of tip speed ratio is around 5, so that the maximum power was achieved for the four-bladed turbine. Out of optimal condition, higher blade number and lower blade number turbines should be used at less than and greater than the optimal values of tip speed ratio, respectively. The results of simulations for the three-bladed turbine were validated against the experimental data with good agreement.cs
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dc.identifier.WebofScienceResearcherIDG-6623-2013 Petrů, Michal
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12155985
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1820-6379 Koloor, Seyed Saeid Rahimian
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7643-8450 Petrů, Michal
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.tul.cz/handle/15240/157802
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/15/5985
dc.language.isocscs
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.ispartofSustainability 2020
dc.subjecttidal energycs
dc.subjecthorizontal axis tidal current turbinecs
dc.subjectTSRcs
dc.subjectpower coefficientcs
dc.subjectCFD analysiscs
dc.titleOn the Performance of Small-Scale Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbines. Part 1: One Single Turbinecs
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