Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance

Lilia Flores Mateos; Carwyn Frost; Nicholas Baker-Horne; Louise Kregting; Vincent McCormack

doi:10.36688/ewtec-2023-323

Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance

Lilia Flores Mateos^*, Carwyn Frost, Nicholas Baker-Horne, Louise Kregting, Vincent McCormack

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Abstract

Assessment of the upstream flow available to the tidal energy converters (TEC) is key to evaluate its performance. Simultaneously, TEC technology has been innovating on its concepts and designs to expand the potential sites to harvest energy generated by tidal currents and rivers. The Gkinetic CEFA 12 is an easy-to-deploy device suitable to operate on estuary environments. The design consists of two 1.2 m vertical axis turbines attached to the sides of a buoyant platform, which uses a bluff body to accelerate the incoming flow to the rotors. The device was deployed on a single point mooring enabling passive flow alignment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-323
Publication status	Published - 02 Sept 2023
Event	15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference - Bilbao, Spain Duration: 03 Sept 2023 → 07 Sept 2023 https://ewtec.org/ewtec-2023/

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Name	European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series
Volume	15
ISSN (Electronic)	2309-1983

Conference

Conference	15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Abbreviated title	EWTEC 2023
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Bilbao
Period	03/09/2023 → 07/09/2023
Internet address	https://ewtec.org/ewtec-2023/

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R3280NBE: GKinetic Tidal Energy Demonstrator
Frost, C. (PI), Benson, I. (CoI) & Kregting, L. (CoI)
31/03/2021 → …
Project: Research

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Flores Mateos, L , Frost, C, Baker-Horne, N, Kregting, L & McCormack, V 2023, Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance. in Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC 2023. European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series, vol. 15, 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 03/09/2023. https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-323

Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance. / Flores Mateos, Lilia ; Frost, Carwyn; Baker-Horne, Nicholas et al.
Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, EWTEC 2023. 2023. (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference Series; Vol. 15).

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Influence of the spatial variation of upstream velocity on a vertical-axis tidal turbine performance

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