Numerical Predictions and Experimental Verifications for Hydrodynamic Performance of Tidal Stream Turbine
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Blade element momentum (BEM) theory is used to design the tidal stream turbine in this paper. ANSYS-CFX and numeca are used to predict the hydrodynamic performance of the turbine. The power coefficient of the turbine obtained by CFD is 39.36% at the design tip speed ratio. A 300mm diameter scale turbine has been built, and the tests were carried out in the circulating water channel, the power coefficient can reach 40.5% at the design tip speed ratio. Through the comparisons between experimental results and CFD results, it proves the application of the numerical method for blade design, and the distributions of the pressure and axial velocity near the blade are analyzed at the end of the paper.
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