Floating Tidal Turbine Fences

大规模的潮流发电需要部署大量的潮汐涡轮机，这些涡轮机彼此靠近排列。这带来了重大挑战;涡轮机尾流相互作用，也带来了重大机遇;将涡轮机并排排列在紧密间隔的栅栏中可以显着提高其性能。极端天气生存能力和维护海上系统的能力是提供经济耐用的潮汐能系统的关键。这些挑战的潜在解决方案是支持多个紧密间隔的涡轮机的浮动系统。这种系统将提供可快速部署、可回收和可维护的多涡轮机系统，提供高性能。该项目将对浮动的紧密间隔潮汐涡轮机阵列进行初步评估和可行性研究。具体而言，该项目将寻求优化由单个平台支撑的多个紧密间隔的涡轮机的水动力性能，并确定它们在受到波浪和潮汐流组合时的负载和响应。该项目还将设法确定系泊系统在这种载荷下的适用性和稳定性以及平台的静态和动态响应，从而确定允许的操作制度。

Large scale power generation from tidal currents will require the deployment of large numbers of tidal turbines arrayed in close proximity to one another. This presents significant challenges; turbine-in-wake interactions, as well as significant opportunities; arraying turbines side-by-side in closely spaced fences can significantly enhance their performance. Extreme weather survivability and the ability to maintain offshore systems are key to delivering economic and durable tidal energy systems.A potential solution to these challenges is floating systems supporting multiple closely spaced turbines. Such systems will provide rapidly deployable, retrievable and maintainable multi-turbine systems that deliver high performance.This project will conduct a preliminary assessment and feasibility study of floating closely spaced tidal turbine arrays. Specifically the project will seek to optimize the hydrodynamic performance of multiple closely spaced turbines supported from a single platform and determine their load and response when subjected to combined wave and tidal flows. The project will also seek to determine the suitability and stability of mooring systems under such loads and the platform's static and dynamic response leading to definition of permissible operating regimes.