{"id":562,"date":"2018-06-18T14:56:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T14:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/?page_id=562"},"modified":"2018-09-18T09:54:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T09:54:22","slug":"solidity-study-for-a-horizontal-axis-tidal-stream-turbine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/projects\/solidity-study-for-a-horizontal-axis-tidal-stream-turbine\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidity Study for a Horizontal Axis Tidal Stream Turbine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Student:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/cmerg.engineering.cf.ac.uk\/team\/present-researchers\/\">Tattiana Hern\u00e1ndez-Madrigal<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Sponsor:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.micit.go.cr\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=6215&amp;Itemid=1552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Programa de Innovaci\u00f3n y Capital Humano para la Competitividad (PINN) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecomunications of Costa Rica (MICITT)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The well characterised CMERG tidal stream turbine is modified using solidity as the control variable. Different cases are modelled with Computational Fluid Dynamics, where the number of blades, chord length and solidity is changed depending on each scenario. Using ANSYS CFX the performance characteristics of each configuration are calculated and the optimum arrangement for the turbine to operate under low speed conditions, similar to the ones expected in Costa Rica, is selected.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a technology feasibility study will be made, comparing LCOE values for Costa Rica and the UK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-2-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-563 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-2-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"982\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-2-.jpg 982w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-2--300x117.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-2--768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Increase of solidity comparison by adding more blades to the turbine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-1_-_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-582 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-1_-_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-1_-_.jpg 429w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Image-1_-_-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Performance coefficients of the turbines at peak power and optimum pitch angle.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Publications:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/105214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The effect of solidity on a tidal turbine in low speed flow.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/97395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine energy in Costa Rica: Development procedures compared to the UK.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Posters:<\/strong><br \/>\nGraphic design of both posters by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nataliabonilla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalia Bonilla-Porras<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-600 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster-1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster-1-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster-1-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-610 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster_2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster_2-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster_2-768x1086.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/files\/2018\/06\/Poster_2-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student: Tattiana Hern\u00e1ndez-Madrigal Sponsor: Programa de Innovaci\u00f3n y Capital Humano para la Competitividad (PINN) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecomunications of Costa Rica (MICITT) The well characterised CMERG tidal stream turbine is modified using solidity as the control variable. Different cases are modelled with Computational Fluid Dynamics, where the number of blades, chord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5846,"featured_media":0,"parent":578,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562","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=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/cmerg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions\/691"}],"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=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}