Turbine line
Hydrolienne
Bride
Axe
Tronon
Turbine unit
Flotteur
Farm
Lest ou
Ancrage
HARVEST Project
Hydrolienne Axe de Rotation Vertical Stabilis
Stabilized Vertical Axis Water Turbine
Aims :
Solve the potential technological problems
(hydraulical, mechanical, electrical) for a
complete farm
Optimize Achard turbine and farm structure
Consider linked questions : environmental
impacts, laws, setting up and
maintenance,
HARVEST Project
Mechanical researches :
Anchoring
Single water turbine
Turbine line
3S
LDMS
Numerical
3S and LDMS
Hydraulical researches :
Potential sites
Turbines :
Single water turbine
Complete
farm analysis
Numerical
LEGI
Numerical and Exprimental
Numerical
LEGI Experiment
Hydrodynamic tunnel
- Flow speed : 0 to 2.85
m/s (0 to 500 l/s)
- Pressure : Pv to 2 bars
Measurements
Torque
Rotating speed
Forces
Pressure, flow speed...
LEGI Experiment
Section : 250 * 700 mm
Manufacturer :
Collet-Amblard,
Grenoble
20th of October 2004
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LEGI Experiment
Turbine performances :
average values
R? /V8 : Tip speed
ratio
Nc/R : Solidity
C
P
=
CP =
Power
Pmax theory 16 * 1 V 3S
coefficient
27 2
Drag
coefficient
CD =
D
2
0.5V S
I. Paraschivoiu, 2002
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LEGI Experiment
Turbine performances :
dynamical features
Instability
Dynamic stall
Right/ left asymmetry
Difficulty of calculation
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LEGI Experiment
Lenght and diameter : 175 mm
Chord : 30 mm
Darrieus
Gorlov
Achard
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LEGI Experiment
Experiment interests :
Tests on different
turbine types
Performances
Instability
Forces
Technologies
comparison
Results to study
fatigue of blades
and axes
Anchoring
calculations
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Schmas Annexes
=0
CD
r
Vr
CN
U
CT
r
U
r
R
Forces on a
blade
Profi l
CL
r
r
r
U = Vr + R
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Schmas Annexes
Drawing
concerning
the Kobold
turbine
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