Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | T/06/00241/00/00 | |
| Title | Performance characteristics and optimisation of marine current energy converter arrays | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 40%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 40%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 20%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr U (Unsal ) Hassan No email address given Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DTI | |
| Start Date | 01 December 2005 | |
| End Date | 30 November 2008 | |
| Duration | 35 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £536,498 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power | |
| Region | South West | |
| Programme | TIDAL | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr U (Unsal ) Hassan , Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd (99.996%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (0.001%) Project Contact , University of Southampton (0.001%) Project Contact , Hydrovision Ltd (0.001%) Project Contact , Lunar Energy Ltd (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | Marine current conversion technology is at the prototype stage with the deployment of single turbines already underway. In the medium term turbines will be installed in farms - arrays of turbines that will interact with the flow and each other, modifying both the performance of and loading experienced by the turbines. Understanding the interaction between the turbines will be critical in determining the most appropriate layout of the farms to maximise energy capture and minimise loading on theturbines. Through model and full scale testing as well as numerical modelling, the building blocks required for the development of a design tool for tidal stream turbine arrays will be put in place. Currently no data are available to indicate device / flow / device interactions and virtually no work is being conducted on the arrangement (wake and blockage effects) of turbines within an array. The innovation within the proposed project is therefore clear. | |
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| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
