Turbulence analysis and multiscale correlations between synchronized flow velocity and marine turbine power production

Olmo Durán Medina, François G. Schmitt, Rudy Calif, Grégory Germain and Benoît Gaurier

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 112, issue C, 314-327

Abstract: The correlation between the flow turbulence and the performances of a marine current turbine is studied. First, the incoming flow encountered in the flume tank is characterized in the framework of fully developed turbulent cascades in the inertial range. The Reynolds number, the Kolmogorov dissipation scale and the integral scale, are estimated from flow measurements. The intermittency of the turbulence is characterized in the lognormal multifractal framework, and the influence of the turbulent flow on the turbine power is assessed.

Keywords: Marine energy; Turbulence; Multifractal energy cascade; Intermittency; Turbine power production; High frequency data rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.05.024

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