TY - JOUR
T1 - Designing an efficient tidal turbine blade through bio-mimicry
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Kulkarni, Siddharth
AU - Chapman, Craig
AU - Shah, Hanifa
AU - Parn, Erika
AU - Edwards, David John
PY - 2018/2/5
Y1 - 2018/2/5
N2 - PurposeThis paper aims to conduct a comprehensive literature review in the tidal energy physics, the ocean environment, hydrodynamics of horizontal axis tidal turbines and bio-mimicry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides an insight of the tidal turbine blade design and need for renewable energy sources to generate electricity through clean energy sources and less CO2 emission. The ocean environment, along with hydrodynamic design principles of a horizontal axis tidal turbine blade, is described, including theoretical maximum efficiency, blade element momentum theory and non-dimensional forces acting on tidal turbine blades.FindingsThis review gives an overview of fish locomotion identifying the attributes of the swimming like lift-based thrust propulsion, the locomotion driving factors: dorsal fins, caudal fins in propulsion, which enable the fish to be efficient even at low tidal velocities.Originality/valueFinally, after understanding the phenomenon of caudal fin propulsion and its relationship with tidal turbine blade hydrodynamics, this review focuses on the implications of bio-mimicking a curved caudal fin to design an efficient horizontal axis tidal turbine.
AB - PurposeThis paper aims to conduct a comprehensive literature review in the tidal energy physics, the ocean environment, hydrodynamics of horizontal axis tidal turbines and bio-mimicry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides an insight of the tidal turbine blade design and need for renewable energy sources to generate electricity through clean energy sources and less CO2 emission. The ocean environment, along with hydrodynamic design principles of a horizontal axis tidal turbine blade, is described, including theoretical maximum efficiency, blade element momentum theory and non-dimensional forces acting on tidal turbine blades.FindingsThis review gives an overview of fish locomotion identifying the attributes of the swimming like lift-based thrust propulsion, the locomotion driving factors: dorsal fins, caudal fins in propulsion, which enable the fish to be efficient even at low tidal velocities.Originality/valueFinally, after understanding the phenomenon of caudal fin propulsion and its relationship with tidal turbine blade hydrodynamics, this review focuses on the implications of bio-mimicking a curved caudal fin to design an efficient horizontal axis tidal turbine.
UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JEDT-08-2017-0077/full/html
U2 - 10.1108/JEDT-08-2017-0077
DO - 10.1108/JEDT-08-2017-0077
M3 - Review article
SN - 1726-0531
VL - 16
SP - 101
EP - 124
JO - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
JF - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
IS - 1
ER -