Measurements of turbulence at two tidal energy sites in Puget Sound, WA

J Thomson, B Polagye, V Durgesh… - IEEE Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Field measurements of turbulence are presented from two sites in Puget Sound, WA, that are
proposed for electrical power generation using tidal current turbines. Time series data from …

Characteristics of the turbulence in the flow at a tidal stream power site

IA Milne, RN Sharma, RGJ Flay… - … Transactions of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper analyses a set of velocity time histories which were obtained at a fixed point in
the bottom boundary layer of a tidal stream, 5 m from the seabed, and where the mean flow …

Quantifying wave and yaw effects on a scale tidal stream turbine

PW Galloway, LE Myers, ABS Bahaj - Renewable energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The behaviour of Tidal Stream Turbines (TST) in the dynamic flow field caused by
waves and rotor misalignment to the incoming flow (yaw) is currently unclear. The dynamic …

Characterisation of tidal flows at the european marine energy centre in the absence of ocean waves

BG Sellar, G Wakelam, DRJ Sutherland, DM Ingram… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The data analyses and results presented here are based on the field measurement
campaign of the Reliable Data Acquisition Platform for Tidal (ReDAPT) project (Energy …

Characterization of the vertical evolution of the three-dimensional turbulence for fatigue design of tidal turbines

M Thiébaut, JF Filipot, C Maisondieu… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A system of two coupled four-beam acoustic Doppler current profilers was used to collect
turbulence measurements over a 36-h period at a highly energetic tidal energy site in …

Structural design of a horizontal-axis tidal current turbine composite blade

GS Bir, MJ Lawson, Y Li - International …, 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper describes the structural design of a tidal turbine composite blade. The structural
design is preceded by two steps: hydrodynamic design and determination of extreme loads …

Impact of turbulence on power production by a free-stream tidal turbine in real sea conditions

A Sentchev, M Thiébaut, FG Schmitt - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An experiment was performed to study the power production by a Darrieus type turbine of
the Dutch company Water2Energy in a tidal estuary. Advanced instrumentation packages …

Characterization of turbulence anisotropy, coherence, and intermittency at a prospective tidal energy site: Observational data analysis

K McCaffrey, B Fox-Kemper, PE Hamlington… - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
As interest in marine renewable energy increases, observations are crucial for
understanding the environments that prospective turbines will encounter. Data from an …

Assessing the turbulent kinetic energy budget in an energetic tidal flow from measurements of coupled ADCPs

M Thiébaut, JF Filipot, C Maisondieu… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Two coupled four-beam acoustic Doppler current profilers were used to provide
simultaneous and independent measurements of the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) …

Turbulence measurements: An assessment of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler accuracy in rough environment

P Mercier, M Thiébaut, S Guillou, C Maisondieu… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
The deployment of tidal turbines requires a precise hydrodynamic characterisation of the
production site. Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP), usually employed for measuring …