The potential of cross-stream aligned sub-arrays to increase tidal turbine efficiency
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- 作者：S.C. Cooke ; susannah.cooke@eng.ox.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; R.H.J. Willden ; B.W. Byrne
- 关键词：Tidal stream energy ; Array ; Actuator disc ; Channel blockage
- 刊名：Renewable Energy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：97
- 期：Complete
- 页码：284-292
- 全文大小：933 K
文摘
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An analytical model to describe tidal turbine sub-array behaviour is presented.
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Model solution shows that sub-arrays can be used to increase overall farm power.
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Farm power coefficient increases by up to 8.5% depending on channel geometry.