TY  - JOUR
KW  - Efficiency; Flow velocity; Offshore oil well production; Turbine components
KW  -  Horizontal axis; Marine current turbines; Maximum Efficiency; Numerical investigations; Optimal combination; Optimum balance; Power generation efficiency; Turbine modeling
KW  -  Turbomachine blades
ID  - scholars15871
N2  - The power generation efficiency of a flow driven Marine Current Turbine (MCT) depends upon the Torque (Q) induced by the flow on the turbine and the Angular velocity (x) achieved. The greater the mass of turbine blade, the more will be the Q induced but subsequently will result in lower x. However, on the contrary, lower mass will result in higher x and lower Q. It is therefore necessary for any flow driven MCT to achieve the optimum balance of Q and x so that a turbine model with maximum efficiency can be designed. In this paper, a similar study has been discussed where three different profiles by varying the radius of a horizontal axis turbine blade have been studied using numerical simulations. Emphasis has been given to obtain a blade profile which can attain an optimal combination of Q and x to maximize the power output. The simulations have been carried out for flow velocity of 1 m/s and the average values have been reported in results. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021.
VL  - 132
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100821931&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-33-6311-3_28&partnerID=40&md5=8e4fe4fbac46c9cd19b77c3e70bf9bfc
JF  - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
A1  - Maldar, N.
A1  - Ng, C.Y.
A1  - Fitriadhy, A.
A1  - Kang, H.S.
Y1  - 2021///
SP  - 241
TI  - Numerical investigation of an efficient blade design for a flow driven horizontal axis marine current turbine
N1  - cited By 1; Conference of 6th International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering, ICCOEE 2020 ; Conference Date: 13 July 2021 Through 15 July 2021; Conference Code:253689
AV  - none
EP  - 248
SN  - 23662557
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER  -