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A modified Wells turbine for wave energy conversion
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In this paper, the rotor blade pitch was set asymmetrically at a positive pitch to achieve a higher mean efficiency in a wave cycle and the performance characteristics of a turbine with different blade setting angles in steady flow were found by experimentation.About:
This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 2003-01-01. It has received 84 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oscillating Water Column & Wells turbine.read more
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Influence of vortex interactions on the exergy transfer and performance of OWC wells turbine
TL;DR: In this paper , a loss audit analysis was performed by numerical experiments in a monoplane Wells turbine with guide vanes, which revealed the relationship between vortex interactions and stall mechanisms by identifying coherent structures and tracking the vortex core trajectory.
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Modelling and control of a floating oscillating water column
TL;DR: The Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology (Enterprise Partnership Scheme) as mentioned in this paper is an enterprise partnership scheme for science engineering and technology in Ireland, which was established by the Irish government.
Deterministic analysis of vane-blade interactions in self-rectifying radial turbines for OWC plants
TL;DR: In this article, a new set of simulations has been performed from a model previously developed and validated, and the aim is to analyze the unsteady features of the flow and rotor-stators interaction using a deterministic analysis.
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Novel Design of an Ocean Wave Power Device
TL;DR: In this article, a novel device for capturing the energy of sea-waves and the construction of its model for conducting test in a towing-tank is presented, and the research program and general analyses on selecting the hull form and systems of anchoring and propulsion.
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Wave Energy Generation in Brazil: A Georeferenced Oscillating Water Column Inventory
Adriano Silva Bastos,Tâmara Rita Costa de Souza,Dieimys Ribeiro,Mirian de Lourdes Noronha Motta Melo,Carlos B. Martinez +4 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors identify and quantify the potential of locations suitable for implementing wave energy farms equipped with onshore oscillating water column (OWC) devices and determine a power capacity of exploitation of 9.84 GW and an estimated energy of 83,689 GWh/year in ten of the seventeen coastal states.
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The wells air turbine for wave energy conversion
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a single plane biplane Wells turbine with or without guide vanes is compared with a wave energy device based on the principle of the oscillating water-air column.
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Analysis of Wells turbine design parameters by numerical simulation of the OWC performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the influence of the turbine aerodynamic design on the overall plant performance, as affected by the turbine peak efficiency and the range of flow rates within which the turbine can operate efficiently.
The Offshore Floating Type Wave Power Device ”Mighty Whale” Open Sea TestsPerformance of The Prototype –
TL;DR: The Mighty Whale is a floating wave power device based on the Oscillating Water Column (OWC) principle, which converts wave energy into electric energy, and produces a relatively calm sea area behind.
The Offshore Floating Type Wave Power Device "Mighty Whale": Open Sea Tests
TL;DR: The Mighty Whale as mentioned in this paper was used for open sea tests to investigate the use of wave energy for power generation in Mie Prefecture, Japan, and the results of the tests were summarized in a recent paper.
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Study On an Impulse Turbine For Wave Energy Conversion
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of the impulse turbine with fixed guide vanes was compared with that of the Wells turbine with a fixed guide vane, and it was shown that the running and starting characteristics of the latter were superior to those of the former under irregular wave conditions.
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