The efficiency of an array of tidal turbines partially blocking a wide channel

DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.349zbMath1275.76045OpenAlexW1981180165MaRDI QIDQ2863339

Takafumi Nishino, Richard H. J. Willden

Publication date: 21 November 2013

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.349

zbMATH Keywords

channel flowshallow water flowscoastal engineering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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• Tuning turbines in a tidal channel
• Tuning tidal turbines in-concert to maximise farm efficiency
• A free-surface and blockage correction for tidal turbines
• The power potential of tidal currents in channels
• The efficiency of a turbine in a tidal channel

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