Experimental and numerical study of a dual configuration for a flapping tidal current generator
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Title
- Experimental and numerical study of a dual configuration for a flapping tidal current generator
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Author(s)
- Kim, Jihoon; Le, Tuyen Quang; Ko, Jin Hwan; Sitorus, Patar Ebenezer; Tambunan, Indra Hartarto; Kang, Taesam
- KIOST Author(s)
- Kim, Jihoon(김지훈)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 김지훈; 고진환; Patar Eben
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Publication Year
- 2015-08
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Abstract
- In this study, we conduct experimental and consecutive numerical analyses of a flapping tidal current generator with a mirror-type dual configuration with front-swing and rear-swing flappers. An experimental analysis of a small-scale prototype is conducted in a towing tank, and a numerical analysis is conducted by means of two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulations with an in-house code. An experimental study with a controller to determine the target arm angle shows that the resultant arm angle is dependent on the input arm angle, the frequency, and the applied load, while a high pitch is obtained simply with a high input arm angle. Through a parametric analysis conducted while varying these factors, a high applied load and a high input arm angle were found to be advantageous. Moreover, the optimal reduced frequency was found to be 0.125 in terms of the power extraction. In consecutive numerical investigations with the kinematics selected from the experiments, it was found that a rear-swing flapper contributes to the total amount of power more than a front-swing flapper with a distance of two times the chord length and with a 90 degrees phase difference between the two. The high contribution stems from the high power generated by the rear-swing flapper, which mimics the tail fin movement of a dolphin along a flow, compared to a plunge system or a front-swing system, which mimics the tail fin movement of a dolphin against a flow. It is also due to the fact that the shed vorticities of the front-swing flapper slightly affect negatively or even positively the power performance of the rear-swing system at a given distance and phase angle.
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ISSN
- 1748-3182
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/2441
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DOI
- 10.1088/1748-3190/10/4/046015
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Bibliographic Citation
- BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, v.10, no.4, 2015
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Publisher
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
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Keywords
- flapping tidal current generator; dual configuration; computational fluid dynamics; towing tank
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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