{"id":500,"date":"2017-11-10T16:51:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/?page_id=500"},"modified":"2018-09-19T14:31:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T14:31:21","slug":"assessing-the-dynamic-loading-of-tidal-stream-turbine-arrays-through-the-use-of-computational-fluid-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/projects\/assessing-the-dynamic-loading-of-tidal-stream-turbine-arrays-through-the-use-of-computational-fluid-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing the Dynamic Loading of Tidal Stream Turbine Arrays Through the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student:<\/strong> Rob Ellis<\/a>
\nIndustrial Partners:\u00a0<\/strong>Airborne<\/a>, Airborne Composites<\/a>,\u00a0ANSYS<\/a>, ARUP<\/a>, Lloyd’s Register<\/a>, National Instruments<\/a>, Nautricity<\/a>, ORE Catapult<\/a>,\u00a0Rexroth<\/a>, and\u00a0Tidal Energy Ltd.<\/a>
\nAcademic Partners:\u00a0<\/strong>Mississippi State University<\/a>\u00a0(USA), Dalhousie University<\/a>\u00a0(CAN),\u00a0Inha University<\/a>\u00a0(KOR), and Strathclyde University<\/a> (GBR).<\/p>\n

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The aim of the work is to look at the fluctuating loads that a tidal stream turbine is subject to when both the combined effect of the current and waves are considered. The majority of the work will be conducted using computational fluid dynamics and will be validated using experimental work. Both the experimental and the numerical modelling will be carried out using a scale model. After fully characterising a single turbine in a variety of flow conditions then array based scenarios will be modelled. By looking at both a single turbine and array based turbines then it should begin to show how the loading on the turbines varies dependent upon the interactions within the array coupled with the wave\/current effects.<\/p>\n

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\nLooking at the effect of the wake from an upstream turbine on the downstream turbine.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Comparison of the old blade (left) and the new blade design (right).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Publications:<\/strong>
\nNumerical modelling techniques to predict rotor imbalance problems in tidal stream turbines.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scientific Poster:<\/strong>
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Student: Rob Ellis Industrial Partners:\u00a0Airborne, Airborne Composites,\u00a0ANSYS, ARUP, Lloyd’s Register, National Instruments, Nautricity, ORE Catapult,\u00a0Rexroth, and\u00a0Tidal Energy Ltd. Academic Partners:\u00a0Mississippi State University\u00a0(USA), Dalhousie University\u00a0(CAN),\u00a0Inha University\u00a0(KOR), and Strathclyde University (GBR). The aim of the work is to look at the fluctuating loads that a tidal stream turbine is subject to when both the combined effect of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5846,"featured_media":0,"parent":578,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/694"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}