Renewable Energy 23 (2001) 261–292
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A review of impulse turbines for wave energy
conversion
T.
Setoguchi a,*
, S.
Santhakumar b
, H.
Maeda c
, M.
Takao a
,
K.
Kaneko a
a
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saga...
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Renewable Energy 23 (2001) 261–292
www.
elsevier.
nl/locate/renene
A review of impulse turbines for wave energy
conversion
T.
Setoguchi a,*
, S.
Santhakumar b
, H.
Maeda c
, M.
Takao a
,
K.
Kaneko a
a
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saga University, Saga, Japan
b
Department of Aerospace Engineering, I.
I.
T.
, Madras, India
c
Torishima Pump Manufacturing Company Limited, Saga, Japan
Received 25 May 1999; accepted 24 August 2000
Abstract
Oscillating Water Column based wave energy plants convert wave energy into low pressure
pnuematic power in the form of bi-directional air flows.
Air turbines which are capable of
rotating uni-directionally in bi-directional air flow, otherwise also known as self-rectifying
turbines, are used to extract mechanical shaft power which is further converted into electrical
power by a generator.
This paper reviews the state of the art in self-rectifying impulse air
turbines.
New results on optimum parameters for the fixed-guide-vane impulse turbine
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