Cavitation hydrodynamic performance of 3-D printed highly skewed stainless steel tidal turbine rotors

• Main Authors: Pitsikoulis, Stylianos Argyrios, Tekumalla, Sravya, Sharma, Anurag, Wong, Eugene Wai Leong, Turkmen, Serkan, Liu, Pengfei
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Tidal Turbines; Cavitation Tunnel
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169727
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hydraulic turbines contribute to 60% of renewable energy in the world; however, they also entail some adverse effects on the aquatic ecology system. One such effect is their excessive noise and vibration. To minimize this effect, one of the most effective and feasible solutions is to modify the desi...