Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine

The tidal current energy is one of the renewable energy existed on earth. Malaysia has the potential to develop a technology which can utilize this energy to generate electricity. The installation of marine current turbine array requires a deep research to maximize the potential energy of the sea cu...

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Main Author:	Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/1/CD8061_%40_57.pdf

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spelling	ump-85242015-11-05T03:26:19Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/ Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The tidal current energy is one of the renewable energy existed on earth. Malaysia has the potential to develop a technology which can utilize this energy to generate electricity. The installation of marine current turbine array requires a deep research to maximize the potential energy of the sea current. Numerical and experimental investigation of tidal current energy extraction has been conducted in this study. Using commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code ANSYS, the lab scale water flume was simulated. For the numerical model, tidal current turbine are represented by an actuator disk instead of scaled down turbine. The actuator disk produces a pressure drop which can be used to calculate the thrust coefficient. The turbulence kinetic energy and the velocity are closely monitored to investigate the wake effect produce. For experimental investigation, a 1m long, 0.2m high and 0.3m width of water channel fabricated. The same parameter which is velocity and turbulence effect downstream are closely monitored thus comparing the result with numerical simulation. Flowmeter is used to read the velocity of the current in the water channel. The result shown wake recover up to 70% at 4D for every numerical and experimental investigation. 2013-07 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/1/CD8061_%40_57.pdf Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri (2013) Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:83932&theme=UMP2
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
description	The tidal current energy is one of the renewable energy existed on earth. Malaysia has the potential to develop a technology which can utilize this energy to generate electricity. The installation of marine current turbine array requires a deep research to maximize the potential energy of the sea current. Numerical and experimental investigation of tidal current energy extraction has been conducted in this study. Using commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code ANSYS, the lab scale water flume was simulated. For the numerical model, tidal current turbine are represented by an actuator disk instead of scaled down turbine. The actuator disk produces a pressure drop which can be used to calculate the thrust coefficient. The turbulence kinetic energy and the velocity are closely monitored to investigate the wake effect produce. For experimental investigation, a 1m long, 0.2m high and 0.3m width of water channel fabricated. The same parameter which is velocity and turbulence effect downstream are closely monitored thus comparing the result with numerical simulation. Flowmeter is used to read the velocity of the current in the water channel. The result shown wake recover up to 70% at 4D for every numerical and experimental investigation.
format	Undergraduates Project Papers
author	Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri
author_facet	Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri
author_sort	Muhammad Shahrul, Sabri
title	Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
title_short	Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
title_full	Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
title_fullStr	Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
title_full_unstemmed	Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
title_sort	numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine
publishDate	2013
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8524/1/CD8061_%40_57.pdf
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Numerical and experimental analysis of wake effect on tidal current turbine

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