Control and measurement device for under water tidal flow power generation

Author

Al-Bahadly, I.H. ; Pinfold, P.G.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Adv. Technol., Massey Univ., Palmerston North

fYear

2009

fDate

10-12 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

533

Lastpage

538

Abstract

This paper introduces a measurement and control device for an under water tidal flow power generator. There are a number of designs for under water tidal flow turbine. One concept being considered is to have a vertical axis turbine with funnels of both sides to direct and concentrate the flow of water onto the turbine. To test this concept we are building a test device that varies the angle on one funnel and measures the power to find the angle that maximises the power. The aim is to develop the control system of the test device to measure the power and conditions of the turbine at different funnel opening angles.

Keywords

control system synthesis; flow control; flow measurement; hydraulic turbines; power generation control; tidal power stations; control system device; funnel wall; measurement device; under water tidal flow power generation; vertical axis turbine; Control systems; Fluid flow measurement; Power generation; Power measurement; Renewable energy resources; Testing; Turbines; Velocity measurement; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Tidal flow; control and measurement; renewable energy; sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Autonomous Robots and Agents, 2009. ICARA 2009. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wellington

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2712-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2713-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICARA.2000.4803969

Filename

4803969