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Optimizing the Interplay Between the Chord-to-Radius Ratio, Camber and Pitch of Cross-Flow Turbine Blades
Ari Athair, Aidan Hunt, Han-Wen Chi +1
This study examines the combined impact of the chord-to-radius ratio (c/R), blade camber, and preset pitch on cross-flow turbine performance. While prior research has examined indi…
Experimental evaluation of advanced control strategies for high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays
Aidan Hunt, Gregory Talpey, Brian Polagye
In river or tidal channels, cross-flow turbines can achieve higher blockage ratios than other turbine variants, and are therefore able to achieve higher efficiencies. Here, we expe…
Performance characteristics and bluff-body modeling of high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays with varying rotor geometry
Aidan Hunt, Gregory Talpey, Gemma Calandra +1
While confinement is understood to increase the power and thrust coefficients of cross-flow turbines, how the optimal rotor geometry changes with the blockage ratio -- defined as t…
Experimental validation of a linear momentum and bluff-body model for high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays
Aidan Hunt, Ari Athair, Owen Williams +1
In a confined flow, the performance of a turbine and its near-wake fluid dynamics depend on the blockage ratio, defined as the ratio of the turbine projected area to the channel cr…
Experimental techniques for evaluating the performance of high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays
Aidan Hunt, Brian Polagye
In confined flows, such as river or tidal channels, arrays of turbines can convert both the kinetic and potential energy of the flow into renewable power. The power conversion and…
An experimental evaluation of the interplay between geometry and scale on cross-flow turbine performance
Aidan Hunt, Benjamin Strom, Gregory Talpey +5
Cross-flow turbines harness kinetic energy in wind or moving water. Due to their unsteady fluid dynamics, it can be difficult to predict the interplay between aspects of rotor geom…
Effect of aspect ratio on cross-flow turbine performance
Aidan Hunt, Carl Stringer, Brian Polagye
Cross-flow turbines convert kinetic power in wind or water currents to mechanical power. Unlike axial-flow turbines, the influence of geometric parameters on turbine performance is…