Citation
Lmc. Gato et R. Curran, PERFORMANCE OF THE BIPLANE WELLS TURBINE, Journal of offshore mechanics and Arctic engineering, 118(3), 1996, pp. 210-215
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Marine","Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
ISSN journal
08927219
Volume
118
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
210 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7219(1996)118:3<210:POTBWT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The paper describes the experimental investigation of the biplane Well
s turbine for use on a wave power plant. The performance of the biplan
e turbine was tested in unidirectional steady airflow by varying the m
odel configurations using solidity, gap-to-chord ratio, and rotor stag
ger angle. It was found that the gap-to-chord ratio and stagger consid
erably influenced the performance of the biplane turbine due to the mu
tual interference between the rotor planes.