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Parametric Optimization Analysis of Pinwheel and Savonius Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbines Performance with Moment Balancing Method

Version 1 : Received: 6 June 2023 / Approved: 6 June 2023 / Online: 6 June 2023 (07:15:46 CEST)

How to cite: Zhang, Y.; Ng, E.Y.; Shivansh, M. Parametric Optimization Analysis of Pinwheel and Savonius Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbines Performance with Moment Balancing Method. Preprints 2023, 2023060394. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0394.v1 Zhang, Y.; Ng, E.Y.; Shivansh, M. Parametric Optimization Analysis of Pinwheel and Savonius Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbines Performance with Moment Balancing Method. Preprints 2023, 2023060394. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0394.v1

Abstract

Drag-dominant tidal turbine energy holds tremendous clean energy potential but faces significant hurdles as unsuitability of Disk Actuator theory due to the varying swept blockage area, unaccounted bypass flow downstream interaction and rotor parasitic drag whereas Blade Element Momentum theory is computably effective for majorly 3-blade lift-dominated aerofoil. This study proposes a novel method to find the optimal TSR of any turbine with a cost-effective and user-friendly Moment Balancing algorithm to support robust tidal energy development. Performance analysis CFD study of Pinwheel and Savonius tidal turbines was carried out. Dynamic TSR matrix was developed with varying rotational speeds and fluid velocities for reliability, unlike previous works simulated at a fixed fluid velocity. Novel parameters such as thrust and idle moment are introduced as functions of only inlet fluid velocity and rotational speed respectively. These relationships are verified through regression analysis, and the turbines' net moment equations are established based on these parameters. Rotational speed was a reliable predictor for Pinwheel's idle moment, while inlet velocity was a reliable predictor for thrust moment in both models. The optimal (Cp, TSR) values for Pinwheel and Savonius turbines were (2.37, 0.223) and (0.63, 0.16) respectively, within an acceptable error range for experimental validation.

Keywords

Drag-Dominant Tidal Turbine; Computational Sustainability; Turbomachinery Moment Analysis; Savonius; Pinwheel

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science and Technology

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