A. Thakker

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a Wells turbine operating under unsteady bi-directional airflow conditions was analyzed for two solidities under sinusoidal and irregular steady flow conditions based on Irish waves (Site2).

TL;DR: In this article, a 3-D model with tip clearance has been generated to predict the internal flow and performance of the turbine and it is found that the comparison between computed and experimental data is good, quantitatively and qualitatively.

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed flow analysis of an impulse turbine with experimental and computed results for wave energy power conversion is presented, where a 3D CFD model with tip clearance has been generated to predict the internal flow and to understand the effect of tip clearance leakage flow on behavior of the turbine in design and off-design conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of rotor blade profile on the performance of the Wells turbine operated at high Reynolds number was investigated and it was concluded that a suitable choice, namely the preferable rotor geometry, is the blade profile of NACA0015, CA9, and HSIM 15-262123-1576.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of guide vanes shape on the performance of an impulse turbine for wave energy conversion was investigated under various inlet conditions such as steady, sinusoidal and random (real Sea) flows.