Flow effects of finite-sized tidal turbine arrays in the Chacao Channel, Southern Chile

Soto-Rivas, Karina; Richter, David H.; Escauriaza, Cristián

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2022.05.150

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“…This approximation is useful for saving time and making preliminary evaluations, but it completely neglects the three-dimensional effects, making the analysis incomplete. Some other works have used more precise 3D parameterizations with momentum sinks [10][11][12]. Both 2D and 3D models often make use of constant thrust coefficients, which are imposed to reproduce the turbine effect.…”

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A BEM-Based Model of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine in the 3D Shallow Water Code SHYFEM

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We present a novel 3D implementation of a horizontal axis tidal turbine (HATT) in the shallow water hydrostatic code SHYFEM. The uniqueness of this work involves the blade element momentum (BEM) approach: the turbine is parameterized by applying momentum sink terms in the x and y momentum equations. In this way, the turbine performance is the result of both the flow conditions and the turbine’s geometric characteristics. For these reasons, the model is suitable for farm-layout studies, since it is able to predict the realistic behavior of every turbine in a farm, considering the surrounding flow field. Moreover, the use of a shallow water code, able to reproduce coastal morphology, bathymetry wind, and tide effects, allows for studying turbine farms in realistic environments.

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confidence: 99%