This paper presents a new approach for optimising the design of tidal stream turbine farms. In this approach, the turbine farm is represented by a turbine density function that specifies the number of turbines per unit area and an associated continuous locally-enhanced bottom friction field. The farm design question is formulated as a mathematical optimisation problem constrained by the shallow...

The performance characteristics of a tidal stream turbine are critical when assessing its economical viability. The solidity of the rotor, which is a function of the blade chord length and the number of blades, will affect the performance characteristics, from both a power output and a structural

The demands to apply transonic centrifugal compressor have increased in the advanced gas turbine engines. Various techniques are used increase aerodynamic performance of compressor. effects inclined leading edges diffuser vanes a on flow-field unsteadiness and noise generation investigated by solving compressible, three-dimensional, transient Navier–Stokes equations. Diffuser with various incli...

The occurrence of hump instability in pump mode within a turbine poses significant challenge to the safe and stable operation Pumped Storage Power Plants (PSPP). To achieve more precise numerical simulations, this paper establishes weakly compressible model water based on Tait equation. Using model, it is discovered that onset closely linked an increase hydraulic losses induced by stalled rotat...

The location of individual turbines within a tidal current turbine array e micro-siting e can have a significant impact on the power that the array may extract from the flow. Due to the infancy of the industry and the challenges of exploiting the resource, the economic costs of realising industrial scale tidal current energy projects are significant and should be considered as one of the key dr...

The natural variation of fish presence in high-velocity tidal channels is not well understood. A better understanding of fish use of these areas would aid in predicting fish interactions with marine hydrokinetic (MHK) devices, the effects of which are uncertain but of high concern. To characterize the patterns in fish presence at a tidal energy site in Cobscook Bay, Maine, we examined two years...