The impact of turbulence and turbine operating condition on the wakes of tidal turbines

Tim Ebdon, Matthew J. Allmark, O’Doherty, Daphne M., Allan Mason-Jones, O’Doherty, Tim, Gregory Germain and Benoit Gaurier

Renewable Energy, 2021, vol. 165, issue P2, 96-116

Abstract: Before initiating a study on the interaction of multiple wakes, it is imperative that turbine wake hydrodynamics are studied in isolation. In this paper CFD computer simulations of downstream turbine wakes have been run using a scale-resolving hybrid turbulence model known as a detached eddy simulation. To allow validation of the CFD simulations the computer models were supported by flume measurements with a lab scale tidal stream turbine run at three tip-speed ratios and three turbulence conditions, varying both turbulence intensity and length-scale.

Keywords: Turbine wake characteristics; Turbulence; Tip speed ratio; CFD modelling; Experimental analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.11.065

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