A modified Wells turbine for wave energy conversion
TL;DR: 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.
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TL;DR: A comprehensive review of wave energy converters and air turbines can be found in this paper, together with a survey of theoretical, numerical and experimental modelling techniques of OWC converters.
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TL;DR: In this article, an optimization procedure is carried out by coupling an in-house optimization library (OPAL (OPtimization ALgorithms)) with an industrial CFD code (ANSYS-Fluent).
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an updated and a comprehensive account of the state of the art research on Wells turbine and draw a roadmap for the contemporary challenges which may hinder future reliance on such systems in the renewable energy sector.
Abstract: In the past twenty years, the use of wave energy systems has significantly increased, generally depending on the oscillating water column (OWC) concept. Wells turbine is one of the most efficient OWC technologies. This article provides an updated and a comprehensive account of the state of the art research on Wells turbine. Hence, it draws a roadmap for the contemporary challenges which may hinder future reliance on such systems in the renewable energy sector. In particular, the article is concerned with the research directions and methodologies which aim at enhancing the performance and efficiency of Wells turbine. The article also provides a thorough discussion of the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for performance modeling and design optimization of Wells turbine. It is found that a numerical model using the CFD code can be employed successfully to calculate the performance characteristics of W-T as well as other experimental and analytical methods. The increase of research papers about CFD, especially in the last five years, indicates that there is a trend that considerably depends on the CFD method.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an evaluation of the error induced by neglecting the effect of air compressibility in modelling Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy converters is presented.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an impulse turbine with self-pitch-controlled guide vanes was investigated experimentally by the use of turbine test equipment in which the sinusoidally reciprocating flow conditions are simulated.
Abstract: An impulse turbine with self-pitch-controlled guide vanes was proposed by the authors in a previous paper. The unsteady characteristics of this turbine have been investigated experimentally by the use of turbine test equipment in which the sinusoidally reciprocating flow conditions are simulated. The results have been compared with those of a Wells turbine. Furthermore, in order to clarify the usefulness of quasi-steady analysis of this turbine, they have been also compared with the analytical results calculated on the basis of the experimental data obtained by the model testing of a turbine rotor with fixed guide vanes under steady unidirectional flow conditions. As a result, it has been clarified that the impulse turbine presented here is superior to the Wells turbine in overall characteristics, and the quasi-steady analysis is available for this turbine.
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