Wells turbine with end plates for wave energy conversion |
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| Authors: | Manabu Takao Toshiaki Setoguchi Yoichi Kinoue Kenji Kaneko |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Matsue National College of Technology, 14-4 Nishiikuma-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane 690-8518, Japan;bInstitute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, 1 Honjo-machi, Saga-shi, Saga 840-8502, Japan;cDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Saga University, 1 Honjo-machi, Saga-shi, Saga 840-8502, Japan |
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| Abstract: | In order to improve the performance of the Wells turbine for wave energy conversion, the effect of end plate on the turbine characteristics has been investigated experimentally by model testing. As a result, it is found that the characteristics of the Wells turbine with end plates are superior to those of the original Wells turbine, i.e., the turbine without end plate and the characteristics are dependent on the size and position of end plate. Furthermore, by using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD), reason of the performance improvement of the turbine has been clarified and the effectiveness of the end plate has been demonstrated. |
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| Keywords: | Fluid machinery Natural energy Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Ocean engineering Wells turbine End plate Wave energy conversion |
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