Experimental study of the turbulence intensity effects on marine current turbines behaviour. Part I: One single turbine

Paul Mycek, Benoît Gaurier, Grégory Germain, Grégory Pinon and Elie Rivoalen

Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 66, issue C, 729-746

Abstract: The ambient turbulence intensity in the upstream flow plays a decisive role in the behaviour of horizontal axis marine current turbines.

Keywords: Marine current turbine; Performance; Wake; Turbulence; Experiment; Flume tank (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.036

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