Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation
Ocean energy is a kind of renewable energy contained in seawater, which has the characteristics of large total reserves, sustainable use, and its being green and clean. Influenced by rising oil prices and global climate change, an increasing number of countries are attaching great importance to the...
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| author | Wenbin Su Hongbo Wei Penghua Guo Qiao Hu Mengyuan Guo Yuanjie Zhou Dayu Zhang Zhufeng Lei Chaohui Wang |
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| description | Ocean energy is a kind of renewable energy contained in seawater, which has the characteristics of large total reserves, sustainable use, and its being green and clean. Influenced by rising oil prices and global climate change, an increasing number of countries are attaching great importance to the strategic position of ocean energy in the future energy sector, and are formulating national ocean energy development roadmaps and conducting research and development on ocean energy technologies. Ocean current energy is a widely existing kind of ocean energy with abundant reserves. However, due to the low current velocity in most of the deep sea, low current energy has not been effectively exploited. In this paper, the Blade element momentum (BEM) theory based on Vortex column theory is used to design a special airfoil for low current energy applications, and a prototype turbine with rotor diameter of 4.46 m and tip speed ratio (TSR) of 6 is fabricated. In order to achieve stable electric power output, this paper designs a hydraulic conversion power generation control system with flexible control, and the hydraulic system working pressure designed to 21 MPa. In this paper, we conducted towing experiments on the prototype of an ocean current energy turbine, with hydraulic transmission and a control power generation system applied to the low flow rate, and achieved the target of hydraulic motor speed in the range of 14.7~15.9 r/min and steady-state speed accuracy in the range of ±1%. The research conducted in this paper can provide a research basis for the efficient exploitation of low-flow ocean current energy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-778835c1493d47bcad42b94bb87658dd2023-11-22T18:04:06ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-10-011420649910.3390/en14206499Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy GenerationWenbin Su0Hongbo Wei1Penghua Guo2Qiao Hu3Mengyuan Guo4Yuanjie Zhou5Dayu Zhang6Zhufeng Lei7Chaohui Wang8School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaOcean energy is a kind of renewable energy contained in seawater, which has the characteristics of large total reserves, sustainable use, and its being green and clean. Influenced by rising oil prices and global climate change, an increasing number of countries are attaching great importance to the strategic position of ocean energy in the future energy sector, and are formulating national ocean energy development roadmaps and conducting research and development on ocean energy technologies. Ocean current energy is a widely existing kind of ocean energy with abundant reserves. However, due to the low current velocity in most of the deep sea, low current energy has not been effectively exploited. In this paper, the Blade element momentum (BEM) theory based on Vortex column theory is used to design a special airfoil for low current energy applications, and a prototype turbine with rotor diameter of 4.46 m and tip speed ratio (TSR) of 6 is fabricated. In order to achieve stable electric power output, this paper designs a hydraulic conversion power generation control system with flexible control, and the hydraulic system working pressure designed to 21 MPa. In this paper, we conducted towing experiments on the prototype of an ocean current energy turbine, with hydraulic transmission and a control power generation system applied to the low flow rate, and achieved the target of hydraulic motor speed in the range of 14.7~15.9 r/min and steady-state speed accuracy in the range of ±1%. The research conducted in this paper can provide a research basis for the efficient exploitation of low-flow ocean current energy.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6499ocean current energysmall ocean current energy turbinehydraulic energy conversion |
| spellingShingle | Wenbin Su Hongbo Wei Penghua Guo Qiao Hu Mengyuan Guo Yuanjie Zhou Dayu Zhang Zhufeng Lei Chaohui Wang Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation Energies ocean current energy small ocean current energy turbine hydraulic energy conversion |
| title | Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation |
| title_full | Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation |
| title_fullStr | Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation |
| title_short | Research on Hydraulic Conversion Technology of Small Ocean Current Turbines for Low-Flow Current Energy Generation |
| title_sort | research on hydraulic conversion technology of small ocean current turbines for low flow current energy generation |
| topic | ocean current energy small ocean current energy turbine hydraulic energy conversion |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6499 |
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