Tidal current turbines have the potential to make a considerable contribution to renewable
energy supplies. However, the potential for utility-scale deployments will depend not only on …

Recently, the output of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) prediction on tidal stream
turbine systems has been receiving great attention owing to the vast and untapped tidal …

Abstract A Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) model has been compared with
laboratory scale measurements of the loading and wake of arrays of horizontal axis three …

Abstract Design of efficient tidal arrays relies on the adopted spacing between turbines and
their mutual interplay. Turbines affected by wake shadowing operate in harsher flow …

Reliable methods for modelling wake recovery within a farm of wind or tidal turbines are
critical for obtaining accurate estimates of annual energy production, and for detailed farm …

Tidal-stream energy resource can be predicted deterministically, provided tidal harmonics
and turbine-device characteristics are known. Many turbine designs exist, all having different …

Before initiating a study on the interaction of multiple wakes, it is imperative that turbine
wake hydrodynamics are studied in isolation. In this paper CFD computer simulations of …

Field measurement of turbulence in strong tidal currents is difficult and expensive, but the
tidal energy industry needs to accurately quantify turbulence for adequate resource …

Computational fluid dynamics is employed for detailed prediction of the hydrokinetic turbine
performance and wake modelling. Of these, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) …

Renewable energy provides an effective solution to the problem existing between energy
and environmental protection. Tidal energy has great potential as a form of renewable …