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- Title
Experimental Study on the Effect of Foil Guide Vane on the Performance of a Straight-Blade Vertical Axis Ocean Current Turbine.
- Authors
Madi, Madi; Mukhtasor; Satrio, Dendy; Tuswan, Tuswan; Ismail, Abdi; Rafi, Risfihan; Yunesti, Putty; Buana, Setiadi Wira; Jarwinda, Jarwinda
- Abstract
Indonesia is a country that has enormous energy potential for ocean currents, but the speed of ocean currents is relatively low. The straight-blade vertical axis ocean current turbines can be used to generate electricity. However, one of the disadvantages is lower performance compared to horizontal axis turbines. This study aims to improve the performance of straight-blade vertical axis ocean current turbines using a foil guide vane (FGV). Experimental studies have been conducted in a water tunnel at the Energy Systems Engineering Laboratory, Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA), South Lampung, Indonesia. The investigation is carried out in two stages: the straight-blade without FGV as the original object; the straight-blade with FGV as a variation to improve the turbine performance. The investigation results show that the FGV can enhance the performance of straight-blade vertical axis ocean current turbines such as self-starting, torque coefficient (Ct ), and power coefficient (Cp ). The FGV has increased self-starting capability at a minimum current speed of 0.078 m/s by 15.3 rpm. The increase in maximum torque coefficient (Ct max) and power coefficient (Cp max) due to the FGV is 32% and 20%, respectively, with aCt max of 0.829 and a Cp max of 0.519. In addition, an investigation was also carried out on fl ow visualization. It showed that FGV could absorb a lot of injection ink, which means that the turbine with FGV absorbs more kinetic energy than without FGV.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; VERTICAL axis wind turbines; TURBINES; WATER tunnels; KINETIC energy; ENGINEERING laboratories; OCEAN currents; SYSTEMS engineering
- Publication
Nase More, 2024, Vol 71, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0469-6255
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17818/NM/2024/1.1