A review of tidal current power generation farm planning: Methodologies, characteristics and challenges

Z Yang, Z Ren, H Li, Z Pan, W **a - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Tidal current energy is regarded as a promising renewable energy with strong predictability
and high energy density advantages. Tidal current power generation farm (TCPGF) planning …

The influence of waves propagating with the current on the wake of a tidal stream turbine

Y Zhang, W Zang, J Zheng, L Cappietti, J Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of the wind-waves enhances the flow turbulent complexity and modifies the
dynamic behaviour of the tidal-stream turbine and causes extra challenges for its …

A review on numerical development of tidal stream turbine performance and wake prediction

Y Zhang, E Fernandez-Rodriguez, J Zheng… - Ieee …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, the output of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) prediction on tidal stream
turbine systems has been receiving great attention owing to the vast and untapped tidal …

Power fluctuation and wake characteristics of tidal stream turbine subjected to wave and current interaction

Z Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Zheng, J Zhang… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Turbulence and waves interactions are present in tidal streams ensuing the poorly
comprehended unsteady state. To clarify several aspects of the wave influence on the flow …

Experimental investigation into effects of boundary proximity and blockage on horizontal-axis tidal turbine wake

Y Zhang, Z Zhang, J Zheng, J Zhang, Y Zheng… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examined how the wake of a scaled turbine was changed by a bypass using
three different water depths with the hub at mid-depth, and one water depth with the hub at …

Study on the performance of a 300W counter-rotating type horizontal axis tidal turbine

P Wang, B Zhao, H Cheng, B Huang, W He, Q Zhang… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tidal current energy shows great attractiveness as it stores an enormous amount of
predictable sustainable resources that can be extracted and used for commercial power …

The effects of surge motion on the dynamics and wake characteristics of a floating tidal stream turbine under free surface condition

B Peng, Y Zhang, Y Zheng, R Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code is used to investigate the tidal
stream turbine performance under free surface condition and with surge motion: amplitudes …

Quantifying the surge-induced response of a floating tidal stream turbine under wave-current flows

Y Zhang, W Wei, J Zheng, B Peng, Y Qian, C Li… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the impact of dynamic effects induced by wave-current conditions on the
hydrodynamic performance of a floating horizontal axis tidal turbine (HATT) is crucial toward …

Numerical investigation on a diffuser-augmented horizontal axis tidal stream turbine with the entropy production theory

W Zang, Y Zheng, Y Zhang, X Lin, Y Li… - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
An implication of a turbine current is the development of a wake, a reduced speed flow, thus
affecting the performance of an adjoined turbine. The aim of this study is to examine the …

On the impact of waves and turbulence on the power fluctuations and wake structure of a tidal-stream turbine

W Zang, Y Zhang, Y Zheng, J Zhang, D Guan… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Anticipating the power output of tidal-stream turbines (TSTs) is relevant for its technological
advance and success. Therefore, it is important to clarify the behavior of TSTs under tidal …