Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology

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Performance comparison of 10kW scale horizontal axis tidal turbines

  • Hoang, A.D. (Mokpo Maritime University) ;
  • Yang, C.J. (Mokpo Maritime University)
  • Received : 2013.12.30
  • Accepted : 2014.06.24
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

Horizontal axis tidal turbines are machinery inherited from the principle of wind turbines to enable the application of utilizing ocean's current energy. Its function does not differ from that of wind case, which is to convert fluid's kinetics energy to mechanical torque, therefore generates electricity. Since the ocean has been an enormous source of untapped power, tidal turbines have been being investigated recently to meet human's demand of energy with respect to environment friendly approach. This paper introduces a couple of turbine designs which are anticipated to have high performance. A comparison among recent works on the same topic is also made for validation.

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