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Analysis of wake and power fluctuation of a tidal current turbine under variable wave periods

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  • Wang, Yirong
  • Zhang, Yuquan
  • Zhang, Zhi
  • Feng, Chen
  • Fernandez-Rodriguez, Emmanuel

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In the Marine environment, waves and turbulence usually coexist, affecting the operation performance of the tidal current energy turbine. This paper conducts experiments on a scaled tidal stream turbine to study the wave period effect on the wake and power characteristics. Under a wave-current environment, the wake is found to display Gaussian distribution. Within the 4 times diameter downstream range (4D), the turbulence is significant, and both the wake velocity loss and fluctuation increase first and then decrease with wave period. After 6D, the flow field gradually recovers to the inflow level. The wave period affects the transversal turbulence, more in the near than far wake region, as the significant turbulence intensities at the hub and blade tips gradually merge and become consistent after 6D. The wave period affects little the power coefficient CP owing to the sinusoidal inflow velocity nature. However, the amplitude of the phase average power increases first and then decreases with the wave period. By contrast, the phase average power fluctuations are sensitive to cycle changes only within the low TSR interval; they decrease sharply with TSR. In addition, the energy distribution of power fluctuation in the wave flow coupling environment is mainly concentrated at the sum and difference, and as well multiples, of the rotational and wave frequency. The wave and its multiples energy distribution increases and then decreases with the wave period.

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  • Wang, Yirong & Zhang, Yuquan & Zhang, Zhi & Feng, Chen & Fernandez-Rodriguez, Emmanuel, 2024. "Analysis of wake and power fluctuation of a tidal current turbine under variable wave periods," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 304(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:304:y:2024:i:c:s0360544224018334
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132059
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