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Performance of an impulse turbine with fixed guide vanes for wave power conversion
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In this article, a simple fixed geometry impulse turbine has been studied as a suitable power converter in Oscillating Water Column based wave power plants and the optimum guide vane angle for maximum efficiency has been arrived at based on the five angles tested.About:
This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 1999-08-01. It has received 76 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wells turbine & Turbine.read more
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CFD Analysis of the Performance of a Double Decker Turbine for Wave Energy Conversion
Manuel García-Díaz,Bruno Pereiras,Celia Miguel-González,Laudino Rodríguez,Jesús M. Fernández-Oro +4 more
TL;DR: In this work, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) numerical model is developed to study in detail the performance of a Double Decker Turbine, where geometrical components for both turbines have been taken from previous works of the authors.
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Experimental Investigation of a Bidirectional Impulse Turbine for Oscillating Flows at Various Resistive Loads
Suchithra Ravikumar,R. Anandanarayanan,Aravind George,Biren Pattanaik,Prasad Dudhgaonkar,Purnima Jalihal,Abdus Samad +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an optimized and numerically investigated bidirectional impulse turbine with fixed guide vane subjected to oscillating airflow conditions was evaluated in an experimental test rig at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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Oscillating-water-column wave energy converters: A critical review of numerical modelling and control
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors provide a comprehensive analysis of the OWC control problem, offer an exhaustive review of available control strategies for OWCs, identify unexplored control and optimisation possibilities, and suggest future directions for oscillating water column control.
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Proposed improvements in wave energy converter of oscillating water column (WEC-OWC)
TL;DR: In this paper, a short review of the principles of operation and the results obtained for each one in relation to energy efficiency and regularity of electricity delivered to the grid are described, and a new design (protected by patent) that tries to overcome some major performance problems in both conventional and improved OWC proposed up today such as intermittent flow through the turbine and the bi-directional flow.
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Performance of a High-Solidity Wells Turbine for an OWC Wave Power Plant
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation of the aerodynamic performance of a high-solidity Wells turbine for a wave power plant is presented, and the results show that the presence of guide vanes can provide a remarkable increase in turbine efficiency.
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Impulse Turbine With Self-Pitch-Controlled Guide Vanes For Wave Power Conversion (Guide Vanes Connected By Link Motion)
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of an impulse turbine with self-pitch-controlled guide vanes for wave power conversion has been investigated, and the results show that a high-efficiency impulse turbine can be developed by these of guide vane connected by link motions.
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Impulse Turbine With Self-Pitch-Controlled Guide Vanes For Wave Power Conversion: Performance Of Mono- Vane Type
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.
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