A videoclip presenting the results of the physical testing of an array comprising three 1/15 scale tidal turbines in FloWave. This research demonstrated that close spacing of tidal arrays results in an increased power capture.
Read the full study in Noble, D.R.; Draycott, S.; Nambiar, A.; Sellar, B.G.; Steynor, J.; Kiprakis, A. Experimental Assessment of Flow, Performance, and Loads for Tidal Turbines in a Closely-Spaced Array. Energies 2020, 13, 1977. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081977
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