Numerical Predictions and Experimental Verifications for the Hydrodynamic Performance of Horizontal Axis Marine Current Turbine

Abstract:

This paper presents the numerical predictions of 3D CFD rotor computations of an 800mm diameter model of marine current turbine (MCT). In the paper CFD is applied to a rotor at stationary hydrodynamic conditions Simulations from the numerical prediction are compared with experimental measurements of the model of MCT which is experimented on in a cavitation tunnel and a towing tank. The experimental data includes measurements of power and thrust generated by the turbine, in both a cavitation tunnel and a towing tank, for a series of blade pitch settings and speeds. The numerical predictions show similar results and provide a satisfactory representation of the experimental turbine performance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 694-697)
• Pages: 635-638
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.694-697.635
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Rui Jun Fan, Hong Chao Gao, J. R. Chaplin
• Keywords: ANSYS CFX, Cavitation Tunnel, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Marine Current Turbine (MCT)

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