The effect of bathymetry interaction with waves and sea currents on the loading and thrust of a tidal turbine

Jose Manuel Rivera Camacho; Cameron M. Johnstone; Stephanie E. Ordonez Sanchez

The effect of bathymetry interaction with waves and sea currents on the loading and thrust of a tidal turbine

Jose Manuel Rivera Camacho, Cameron M. Johnstone, Stephanie E. Ordonez Sanchez

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

This paper reports work undertaken to advance analytical methods used to evaluate the influence of bathymetry on wave- current interactions with tidal turbines. The model takes in to account the wave transformation due to a sudden depth change in the sea level. The functions developed provide solutions for wave transformation by changes in bathymetry to find how this change effects the torque and thrust exerted over a tidal turbine. Costal site data for the west coast of the US, from the US DoE, has been used to access the robustness of these analytical methods. The high resolution data sets used have monitored wave, sea and climatic conditions over a period of 8 years.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2018
Event	4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference - Taipei , Taiwan Duration: 9 Sept 2018 → 13 Sept 2018

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Conference	4th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Abbreviated title	AWTEC 2018
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Taipei
Period	9/09/18 → 13/09/18

Keywords

bathymetry
tidal turbine
BEMT
waves
swell conditions

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The effect of bathymetry interaction with waves and sea currents on the loading and thrust of a tidal turbine

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