3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
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…
physics.flu-dyn2024
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…
physics.flu-dyn2023
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…