Title: Validation of the dynamic load characteristics on a Tidal Stream Turbine when subjected to wave and current interaction - Data
Citation
Lloyd C, Allmark M, Ordonez-Sanchez S, et al. (2020). Validation of the dynamic load characteristics on a Tidal Stream Turbine when subjected to wave and current interaction - Data. Cardiff University. https://doi.org/10.17035/d.2020.0120613428
Access Rights: Data is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence
Access Method: Click to email a request for this data to opendata@cardiff.ac.uk
Dataset Details
Publisher: Cardiff University
Date (year) of data becoming publicly available: 2020
Coverage start date: 04/09/2017
Coverage end date: 23/03/2020
Data format: .csv, .mat
Software Required: Excel and Matlab
Estimated total storage size of dataset: Less than 1 gigabyte
DOI : 10.17035/d.2020.0120613428
DOI URL: http://doi.org/10.17035/d.2020.0120613428
Datasets describe the results of an experimental test campaign conducted at the wave-current flume at IFREMER, Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France. A 1:20th scale horizontal axis tidal turbine was tested over a range of flow and operating conditions. The turbine was 3-bladed and had a diameter of 0.9m. Numerical results are also included using the same flow conditions and turbine operational settings. CFD models were developed using ANSYS CFX. Five types of flow condition were tested: Experimental - U current-only flow: TurbineDATA_Uniform_CurrentOnly_AngVel_Thrust_Torque_BMx_TurbPosition_Time_Exp.mat Field TSR 1 4 2 0 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 10 9 FlowDATA_Uniform_CurrentOnly_Velocity_Exp.mat Field Distance from surface (m) 1 -1.00 2 -0.55 3 -0.68 4 -0.81 5 -0.94 6 -1.00 7 -1.13 8 -1.26 9 -1.39 10 -1.52 Experimental - P1 current-only flow: TurbineDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_AngVel_Thrust_Torque_BMx_TurbPosition_Time_Exp.mat Field TSR 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 6 4 7 7 FlowDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_Velocity_Exp.mat Field Distance from surface (m) 1 -0.4 2 -0.6 3 -0.8 4 -1.0 5 -1.2 6 -1.4 7 -1.6 Experimental – P2 current-only flow: TurbineDATA_P2_CurrentOnly_AngVel_Thrust_Torque_BMx_TurbPosition_Time_Exp.mat FlowDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_Velocity_Exp.mat Experimental - P1W1 wave-current flow: TurbineDATA_P1W1_WaveCurrent_AngVel_Thrust_Torque_BMx_TurbPosition_Time_Exp.mat FlowDATA_P1W1_WaveCurrent_Velocity_Exp.mat SurfElevationDATA_P1W1_WaveCurrent_Exp.mat Experimental – P2W2 wave-current flow: TurbineDATA_P2W2_WaveCurrent_AngVel_Thrust_Torque_BMx_TurbPosition_Time_Exp.mat FlowDATA_P2W2_WaveCurrent_Velocity_Exp.mat SurfElevationDATA_P2W2_WaveCurrent_Exp.mat CFD - U current-only flow: TurbineDATA_Uniform_CurrentOnly_Force_TSR*_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_Uniform_CurrentOnly_Torque_TSR*_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_Uniform_CurrentOnly_BMx_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_Uniform_CurrentOnly_WVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv CFD – P1 current-only flow: TurbineDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_Force_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_Torque_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_BMx_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_WVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P1_CurrentOnly_VVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv CFD – P2 current-only flow: TurbineDATA_P2_CurrentOnly_Force_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P2_CurrentOnly_Torque_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P2_CurrentOnly_BMx_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P2_CurrentOnly_WVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P2_CurrentOnly_VVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv CFD - P1W1 wave-current flow: TurbineDATA_P1W1_CurrentOnly_Force_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P1W1_CurrentOnly_Torque_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P1W1_CurrentOnly_BMx_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P1W1_CurrentOnly_WVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P1W1_CurrentOnly_VVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv SurfElevation_P1W1_CFD_PolylineFiles CFD – P2W2 wave-current flow: TurbineDATA_P2W2_CurrentOnly_Force_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P2W2_CurrentOnly_Torque_TSR4_CFD.csv TurbineDATA_P2W2_CurrentOnly_BMx_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P2W2_CurrentOnly_WVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv FlowDATA_P2W2_CurrentOnly_VVelocity_TSR4_CFD.csv SurfElevation_P2W2_CFD_PolylineFiles Research results basedupn these data are pubished at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108360
Description
Keywords
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Experimental Validation, Marine Energy, NUMERICAL MODELING, Regular Waves, Tidal Stream Turbine, Wave-Current Interaction, Wave propagation
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