Harnessing marine current energy with tethered submerged systems: Experimental tests and numerical model analysis of an innovative concept

Author

Coiro, Domenico P. ; De Marco, Agostino ; Scherillo, Ferdinando ; Maisto, Umberto ; Familio, Rosario ; Troise, Giancarlo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aerosp. Eng. (DIAS), Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 June 2009

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

86

Abstract

An innovative system concept in marine/river current technologies is presented. A floating submerged body is used as a support to turbines and a casing for electrical and control systems. A series of experimental test has been performed in a towing tank on a test model using already characterized turbines, in order to evaluate its behavior in response to current actions. The present paper is aimed to report the results of such tests and to obtain a simple dynamic model to compare with experimental results.

Keywords

hydroelectric power; numerical analysis; turbines; current action; electrical and control system casing; floating submerged body; marine current energy; numerical model analysis; tethered submerged system; towing tank; turbine; Aerodynamics; Control systems; Generators; Numerical models; Performance evaluation; Rivers; Steady-state; System testing; Turbines; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power, 2009 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Capri

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2543-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2544-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2009.5212080

Filename

5212080