An investigation of ducted and open-centre tidal turbines employing CFD-embedded BEM

C.S.K. Belloni, R.H.J. Willden and G.T. Houlsby

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 108, issue C, 622-634

Abstract: This paper presents a numerical investigation of ducted tidal turbines, employing three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations. Bidirectional ducted turbines are modelled with and without apertures, referred to as ducted and open-centre turbines respectively.

Keywords: Ducted tidal turbine; Open-centre turbine; Turbine efficiency; CFD-embedded BEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.048

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