Initial 3D tests : Phase 1
Tidal Stream Resource & Economic Assessment and Optimisation
Assessments of the tidal stream energy resource have taken the form of desktop studies, produced using navigational data, for the purpose of providing government and industry with broad estimates of the economic potential for the development of tidal stream power.
2D Modelling of Tidal Currents
2D Blades Tests
Performance Characteristics and Optimisation of Marine Current Energy Converter Arrays
Understanding the effect devices have on the flow is critical in determining how one device may modify both the performance of and loading experienced by another device in the array. It is the aim of this work to identify and investigate the parameters which govern the wake structure and its recovery to the free-stream velocity profile. Scale model testing is being conducted to aid the development of an efficient numerical model.