Designing an efficient tidal turbine blade through bio-mimicry: a systematic review
| Autor: | Hanifa Shah, Siddharth Kulkarni, David J. Edwards, Craig Chapman, Erika Parn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
business.industry 020209 energy Blade element momentum theory General Engineering Fish fin Thrust 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction Propulsion 01 natural sciences Renewable energy Lift (force) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Fish locomotion business Tidal power 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Marine engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology. 16:101-124 |
| ISSN: | 1726-0531 |
| Popis: | PurposeThis paper aims to conduct a comprehensive literature review in the tidal energy physics, the ocean environment, hydrodynamics of horizontal axis tidal turbines and bio-mimicry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides an insight of the tidal turbine blade design and need for renewable energy sources to generate electricity through clean energy sources and less CO2emission. The ocean environment, along with hydrodynamic design principles of a horizontal axis tidal turbine blade, is described, including theoretical maximum efficiency, blade element momentum theory and non-dimensional forces acting on tidal turbine blades.FindingsThis review gives an overview of fish locomotion identifying the attributes of the swimming like lift-based thrust propulsion, the locomotion driving factors: dorsal fins, caudal fins in propulsion, which enable the fish to be efficient even at low tidal velocities.Originality/valueFinally, after understanding the phenomenon of caudal fin propulsion and its relationship with tidal turbine blade hydrodynamics, this review focuses on the implications of bio-mimicking a curved caudal fin to design an efficient horizontal axis tidal turbine. |
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