2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Generating Power Improvement of Marine Current Turbine Stream
| Project/Area Number |
23710100
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Environmental technology/Environmental materials
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| Research Institution | Toba National College of Maritime Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
WATANABE Yukio 鳥羽商船高等専門学校, 商船学科, 准教授 (20332033)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 再生利用可能エネルギー / 海流・潮流発電 / 数値流体力学 / 回転機械 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examines methods for designing and analyzing kinetic turbines based on Boundary Element Method (BEM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The underlying goal of the work was to assess the potential augmentation of power production associated with enclosing the turbine in an expanding shroud. Thus, a comparison of the potential performance of shrouded and without shrouded turbines was carried out. By utilizing the effect of inflow velocity increases the power generation efficiency of the shrouded turbines output is achieved.
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