A review of gravitational water vortex hydro turbine systems for hydropower generation

N Maika, W Lin, M Khatamifar - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydropower is one of the most sustainable and desirable renewable energy sources.
Gravitational water vortex hydro turbine (GWVHT) systems are one of the most suitable and …

A Review: Design and Optimization Approaches of the Darrieus Water Turbine

G Li, G Wu, L Tan, H Fan - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
As the use of Darrieus turbines in water is becoming increasingly popular in the field of
renewable energy, it is essential to explore and evaluate existing research efforts. The …

Design and development of a traveling wave ferro-microfluidic device and system rig for potential magnetophoretic cell separation and sorting in a water-based …

RL Hewlin Jr, M Edwards, C Schultz - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The timely detection and diagnosis of diseases and accurate monitoring of specific genetic
conditions require rapid and accurate separation, sorting, and direction of target cell types …

A comparative analysis of 2-D and 3-D simulation for savonius hydrokinetic turbine array

Y Chen, D Zhang, P Guo, Q Hu, J Li - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, Savonius hydrokinetic turbine arrays have garnered increasing research attention,
with two-dimensional (2-D) simulations being the predominant method due to the substantial …

Aerodynamic Performance of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines

D Redchyts, K Portal-Porras, S Tarasov… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The nonstationary separated incompressible flows around Darrieus and Savonius rotors of
vertical-axis wind turbines were investigated through computational simulation using the …

CFD Validation of Moment Balancing Method on Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbines (DDTTs)

Y Zhang, S Mittal, EYK Ng - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Current performance analysis processes for drag-dominant tidal turbines are unsuitable as
disk actuator theory lacks support for varying swept blockage area, bypass flow downstream …

Photovoltaic/Hydrokinetic/Hydrogen Energy System Sizing Considering Uncertainty: A Stochastic Approach Using Two-Point Estimate Method and Improved Gradient …

M Kamal, RDC Pecho, HF Fakhruldeen, H Sharif… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, stochastic sizing of a stand-alone Photovoltaic/Hydrokinetic/Hydrogen storage
energy system is performed with aim of minimizing the cost of project life span (COPL) and …

The Biffis Canal Hydrodynamic System Performance Study of Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbine Using Moment Balancing Method

Y Zhang, EYK Ng, S Mittal - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drag-dominant tidal turbine energy holds tremendous clean energy potential but faces
significant hurdles as unsuitability of the actuator disc model due to the varying swept …

Ocean Wave Energy Control Using Aquila Optimization Technique

SK Mishra, AV Jha, B Appasani, N Bizon… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents ocean wave energy control using the Aquila optimization (AO)
technique. An oscillating water column (OWC)-type wave energy converter has been …

Design and Evaluation of a Direct Drive Dual Axis Counter Rotating Hydrokinetic Darrieus Turbine System

JM Crooks Jr - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The proposed work aims to design and develop a novel direct drive parallel stream counter-
rotating Darrieus turbine system capable of producing power at low velocities (less than 2.0 …