Among renewable energy sources, wave energy has a huge potential, that in Mediterranean sea is estimated with 30 GW. In this field CRAS (Sapienza Aerospace Research Center) and Faggiolati Pumps S.p.A. developed a prototype of Wells turbine designed to operate under Mediterranean sea conditions. In this paper the procedure for the design of Wells turbine of 1.5 kW is illustrated. X-Foil was used to calculate lift and drag at different span sections and derive the characteristic curve of the turbine. The design IGV-OGV blades was based on flow field calculations with OpenFOAM.
An integrated procedure for the design of a Wells turbine developed for Mediterranean operations / Arena, F; Bassetti, M; Corsini, A; Delibra, G; Faggiolati, G; Piccinini, S; Rispoli, F; Romani, G; Romolo, Alessandra; Ruggeri, M; Tuccimei, E; Venturini, P. - (2012), pp. 296-302. (Intervento presentato al convegno OWEMES 2012 Offshore wind and Other Renewables Energies in Mediterranean and European Seas tenutosi a Roma nel 5-7 September 2012).
An integrated procedure for the design of a Wells turbine developed for Mediterranean operations.
ARENA F;ROMOLO, Alessandra;
2012-01-01
Abstract
Among renewable energy sources, wave energy has a huge potential, that in Mediterranean sea is estimated with 30 GW. In this field CRAS (Sapienza Aerospace Research Center) and Faggiolati Pumps S.p.A. developed a prototype of Wells turbine designed to operate under Mediterranean sea conditions. In this paper the procedure for the design of Wells turbine of 1.5 kW is illustrated. X-Foil was used to calculate lift and drag at different span sections and derive the characteristic curve of the turbine. The design IGV-OGV blades was based on flow field calculations with OpenFOAM.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
