Proceedings of the 62nd International Conference of Machine Design Departments (ICMD 2022)

Effect of Blade Pitch Angle on a 2-Bladed Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine Performance

Authors
Ramin Alipour1, Roozbeh Alipour1, Farhad Fardian1, Seyed Saeid Rahimian Koloor2, Reza Moezzi2, *
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mahshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran
2Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, Liberec, 46117, Czech Republic
*Corresponding author. Email: Reza.Moezzi@tul.cz
Corresponding Author
Reza Moezzi
Available Online 22 May 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-423-5_22How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Horizontal axis tidal current turbine; Power coefficient; Tip Speed Ratio (TSR); Blade pitch angle; CFD
Abstract

Horizontal axis tidal current turbine (HATCT) is one of the strongest devices to generate electricity using the hydraulic flow. These devices need to act under an optimum blade pitch angle to prevent power losses. In the present work, the blade element momentum theory (BEM) was used to initial design of a 2-Bladed HATCT. The turbine was modeled in -60 till +60 blade pitch angle and the performance of the turbine at the tip speed ratios (TSRs) between 4 to 6 was assessed through a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis. The outputs were pressure contours, turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) contours, streamlines, torque, and power coefficient curves (Cp). Our novel and considerable results showed the maximum amount of Cp is 0.29 in 00 blade pitch angle at TSR 5 which prevents power losses significantly. Also, it is possible to improve performance by setting blades pitch angles in different TSRs.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 62nd International Conference of Machine Design Departments (ICMD 2022)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Engineering
Publication Date
22 May 2024
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-423-5_22
ISSN
2589-4943
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-423-5_22How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ramin Alipour
AU  - Roozbeh Alipour
AU  - Farhad Fardian
AU  - Seyed Saeid Rahimian Koloor
AU  - Reza Moezzi
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/05/22
TI  - Effect of Blade Pitch Angle on a 2-Bladed Horizontal Axis Tidal Current Turbine Performance
BT  - Proceedings of the 62nd International Conference of Machine Design Departments (ICMD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 195
EP  - 207
SN  - 2589-4943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-423-5_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-423-5_22
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