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Design of a 50 GWh wave energy plant
Date Issued
01-12-2009
Author(s)
Mala, K.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Jayahankar, V.
Muruganadam, T. M.
Santhakumar, S.
Ravindran, M.
Takao, M.
Setoguchi, T.
Toyota, K.
Nagata, S.
Abstract
A twin unidirectional turbine topology has been proposed as a power module for an OWC based wave energy plant. It has no valves or moving parts and demonstrates high efficiency over a broad range of flow coefficients. Scaling laws show that a turbine of 2.6 m diameter is sufficient to achieve a power rating of 2 MW, Thirty one such modules can be used to produce an annual output of 50 GWh.
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