Proceedings of the Eleventh (2001)hlternational Offshore and PolarEngineering Conference
Stavanger, Norway, June 17-22, 2001
Copyright © 2001 by TileInternational Society of Offshore and PolarEngineers
ISBN 1-880653-51-6 (SeO; ISBN 1-880653-52-4 (VoLI);...
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Proceedings of the Eleventh (2001)hlternational Offshore and PolarEngineering Conference
Stavanger, Norway, June 17-22, 2001
Copyright © 2001 by TileInternational Society of Offshore and PolarEngineers
ISBN 1-880653-51-6 (SeO; ISBN 1-880653-52-4 (VoLI); ISSN 1098-6189(SeO
Comparison of 0.
6m Impulse and Wells Turbines for Wave Energy Conversion
Under Similar Conditions
A.
Thakker, P.
Frawley, H.
B.
Khaleeq and E.
S.
Bajeet
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
ABSTRACT
This paper presents a comparison of 0.
6m Impulse and Wells
turbines with same hub to tip ratio of 0.
6 for wave energy power
conversion under similar conditions.
A 0.
6m Wells turbine rotor
with a solidity of 0.
6, with guide vanes, was tested in a 0.
6m test
rig.
Similarly, an Impulse turbine rotor consisting of 30 blades and
with a set of symmetrical guide vanes on both upstream and down
stream sections was tested under similar flow as well as testing
conditions.
This paper reports the comparison of performa
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