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TI Experimental study of the turbulence intensity effects on marine current turbines behaviour. Part II: Two interacting turbines
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AF MYCEK, PAUL
   GAURIER, Benoit
   GERMAIN, Gregory
   PINON, Gregory
   RIVOALEN, Elie
AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:2;4:1;5:1,3;
FF 1:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;2:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;3:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM;4:;5:;
C1 Univ Havre, CNRS, Lab Ondes & Milieux Complexes, UMR 6294, F-76058 Le Havre, France.
   IFREMER, Marine Struct Lab, F-62321 Boulogne Sur Mer, France.
   INSA Rouen, Lab Optimisat & Fiabilite Mecan Struct, EA 3828, F-76801 St Etienne, France.
C2 UNIV LE HAVRE, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   INSA ROUEN, FRANCE
SI BOULOGNE
SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 3.476
TC 106
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00175/28644/27110.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Marine current turbine;Performance;Wake;Turbulence;Array;Tidal turbine
AB The future implantation of second generation marine current turbine arrays depends on the understanding of the negative interaction effects that exist between turbines in close proximity. This is especially the case when the turbines are axially aligned one behind another in the flow.  In order to highlight these interaction effects, experiments were performed in a flume tank on 3-bladed 1/30th scale prototypes of horizontal axis turbines.  This work focuses on the interactions between two horizontal axis marine current turbines, axially aligned with the upstream flow. Thrust and power coefficients function of the rotation speed of the downstream device are presented. Besides, the wake of each turbine is characterised so as to explain their behaviour.  A large range of inter-device distances is considered, as well as two upstream turbulence intensity conditions, namely 3% and 15%. This latter parameter deeply influences the behaviour of a marine current turbine and thus plays a preponderant role in the interactions effects between two devices. Indeed, this study points out that, for the considered turbine and blade geometry, higher ambient turbulence intensity rates (15%) reduce the wake effects, and thus allows a better compromise between inter-device spacing and individual performance.
PY 2014
PD AUG
SO Renewable Energy
SN 0960-1481
PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd
VL 68
UT 000335706800092
BP 876
EP 892
DI 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.048
ID 28644
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