Numerical optimization and experimental validation for a tidal turbine blade with leading-edge tubercles

Weichao Shi, Mehmet Atlar, Rosemary Norman, Batuhan Aktas and Serkan Turkmen

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 96, issue PA, 42-55

Abstract: Recently the leading-edge tubercles on the pectoral fins of humpback whales have attracted the attention of researchers who wish to exploit this feature in the design of turbine blades to improve the blade performance. The main objective of this paper is therefore to make a further investigation into this biomimetic design inspiration through a fundamental research study involving a hydrofoil section, which represents a straightened tidal turbine blade, with and without the leading-edge tubercles, using computational and experimental methods.

Keywords: Tidal turbine; Leading-edge tubercle; Foil tests; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Lift and drag measurements; Flow visualisations; Particle image velocimetry (PIV) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.04.064

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