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- Title
One-Dimensional Modelling of Marine Current Turbine Runaway Behaviour.
- Authors
Lundin, Staffan; Goude, Anders; Leijon, Mats
- Abstract
If a turbine loses its electrical load, it will rotate freely and increase speed, eventually achieving that rotational speed which produces zero net torque. This is known as a runaway situation. Unlike many other types of turbine, a marine current turbine will typically overshoot the final runaway speed before slowing down and settling at the runaway speed. Since the hydrodynamic forces acting on the turbine are dependent on rotational speed and acceleration, turbine behaviour during runaway becomes important for load analyses during turbine design. In this article, we consider analytical and numerical models of marine current turbine runaway behaviour in one dimension. The analytical model is found not to capture the overshoot phenomenon, while still providing useful estimates of acceleration at the onset of runaway. The numerical model incorporates turbine wake build-up and predicts a rotational speed overshoot. The predictions of the models are compared against measurements of runaway of a marine current turbine. The models are also used to recreate previously-published results for a tidal turbine and applied to a wind turbine. It is found that both models provide reasonable estimates of maximum accelerations. The numerical model is found to capture the speed overshoot well.
- Subjects
MARINE turbines; ELECTRICAL load; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL analysis; TIDAL friction
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2016, Vol 9, Issue 5, p309
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en9050309