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Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy • Vol 12 • No 6
Geometric and control optimization of a two cross-flow turbine array
November 2020 • Isabel Scherl, Benjamin Strom, Steven L. Brunton, Brian Polagye
Cross-flow turbines, also known as vertical-axis turbines, convert the kinetic energy in moving fluid to mechanical energy using blades that rotate about an axis perpendicular to the incoming flow. In this work, the performance of a two-turbine array in a recirculating water channel was experimentally optimized across 64 unique array configurations. For each configuration, turbine performance was optimized using tip-speed ratio control, where the rotation rate for each turbine is optimized individually, and using …
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Volumetric Flow Rate
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