TY - JOUR
TI - Experimental study of the turbulence intensity effects on marine current turbines behaviour. Part I: One single turbine
AU - Mycek, P
AU - Gaurier, B
AU - Germain, G
AU - Pinon, G
AU - Rivoalen, E
T2 - Renewable Energy
AB - The ambient turbulence intensity in the upstream flow plays a decisive role in the behaviour of horizontal axis marine current turbines.Experimental trials, run in the IFREMER flume tank in Boulogne-Sur-Mer (France) for two different turbulence intensity rates, namely 3% and 15%, are presented. They show, for the studied turbine configuration, that while the wake of the turbine is deeply influenced by the ambient turbulence conditions, its mean performances turn out to be slightly modified.The presented conclusions are crucial in the view of implanting second generation turbines arrays. In addition, complete and detailed data sets (wake profiles and performance graphs) are made available to the scientific community in order to encourage further comparisons.
DA - 2014/06//
PY - 2014
VL - 66
SP - 729
EP - 746
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096014811400007X
DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.036
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Tidal
KW - Changes in Flow
ER -