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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Hydrokinetic Turbine"”.
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Numerical Analysis of an Axial Flow Horizontal Axis Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine
Tidal energy extraction using marine hydrokinetic devices has become an important area of research in the renewable energy field in recent years because of the highly predictable nature of the tides. Due to its early stage of development, many studies need yet to be done before deployment of these …
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Design and Modelization of a Vertical-Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine for Low Flow Velocities
Esta tesis aborda el diseño y caracterización de una pequeña turbina hidrocinética de eje vertical para bajas velocidades de flujo. El perfil del álabe, la solidez y la relación de aspecto del modelo de turbina se han seleccionado buscando un funcionamiento autoarrancable y eficiente. El modelo de …
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Design, build and test of an axial flow hydrokinetic turbine with fatigue analysis
OpenProp is an open source propeller and turbine design and analysis code that has been in development since 2007 by MIT graduate students under the supervision of Professor Richard Kimball. In order to test the performance predictions of OpenProp for axial flow hydrokinetic turbines, a test …
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Modeling and simulation of hydrokinetic composite turbine system
… to other available renewable energy resources. Hydrokinetic turbine systems are advantageous over traditional dam based hydropower systems due to "zero-head" and mobility. The objective of this study is to design and analyze hydrokinetic composite turbine system in operation. Fatigue study and …
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Tension-Leg Platform for Offshore Diffusor-AugmentedHydrokinetic Turbine
… design and optimization of a diffuser-augmented hydrokinetic turbine, supported by a tension-leg platform, to harness ocean and tidal currents for renewable energy production. By incorporating diffuser technology, the turbine’s efficiency is enhanced, increasing the coefficient of power and …
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Evaluation of four rugged long-term velocity measurement methods for assessment of hydrokinetic energy production
… confidence interval of the power production from hydrokinetic turbines at potential river sites. This novel measurement buoy measures flow velocities inferred from the tilt angle of the buoy using an inertial measurement unit sensor, tension on the wire rope connecting the buoy to the riverbed …
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Probabilistic engineering analysis and design under time-dependent uncertainty
… to the reliability analysis of designing a hydrokinetic turbine blade subjected to stochastic river flow loading. Extension of the proposed methods to the reliability analysis with mixture of random and interval variables is also a contribution of this dissertation. The engineering examples …
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Extended Momentum Model for Single and Multiple Hydrokinetic Turbines in Subcritical Flows
… loads and the performance of confined Darrieus turbines. The turbine thrust force influences the flow approaching the rotor. Hence, a momentum method is applied to solve the hydraulic transition in the channel, achieving the unknown inflow factor from the undisturbed flow imposed downstream. The …
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Development of an experimental framework for hydrodynamic characterization of hydrokinetic turbines in laboratory facilities
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Uncertainty analysis of acoustic flow measuring instruments for characterization of high energetic river flow
… from 0.05x10^7 to 3x10^7. As the performance of hydrokinetic turbines operating in highly energetic flows depends on localized velocity and turbulence parameters, uncertainty analysis contributes to improving river site characterization for the marine industry. The uncertainty analysis applies to …