Experimental Study on the Effect of Foil Guide Vane on the Performance of a Straight-Blade Vertical Axis Ocean Current Turbine

Madi Madi*, Mukhtasor, Dendy Satrio, Tuswan Tuswan, Abdi Ismail, Risfihan Rafi, Putty Yunesti, Setiadi Wira Buana, Jarwinda Jarwinda

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Abstract

Indonesia is a country that has enormous energy potential for ocean currents, but the speed of ocean currents is relatively low. The straight-blade vertical axis ocean current turbines can be used to generate electricity. However, one of the disadvantages is lower performance compared to horizontal axis turbines. This study aims to improve the performance of straight-blade vertical axis ocean current turbines using a foil guide vane (FGV). Experimental studies have been conducted in a water tunnel at the Energy Systems Engineering Laboratory, Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA), South Lampung, Indonesia. The investigation is carried out in two stages: the straight-blade without FGV as the original object; the straight-blade with FGV as a variation to improve the turbine performance. The investigation results show that the FGV can enhance the performance of straight-blade vertical axis ocean current turbines such as self-starting, torque coefficient (Ct), and power coefficient (Cp). The FGV has increased self-starting capability at a minimum current speed of 0.078 m/s by 15.3 rpm. The increase in maximum torque coefficient (Ct max) and power coefficient (Cp max) due to the FGV is 32% and 20%, respectively, with a Ct max of 0.829 and a Cp max of 0.519. In addition, an investigation was also carried out on flow visualization. It showed that FGV could absorb a lot of injection ink, which means that the turbine with FGV absorbs more kinetic energy than without FGV.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalNase More
Volume71
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Mar 2024

Keywords

  • experimental test
  • foil guide vane
  • ocean current turbine
  • straight-blade

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