INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TIDAL TURBINE WAKES: NUMERICAL STUDY FOR SHALLOW WATER APPLICATION

The placement of tidal turbines in a farm is challenging owing to the flow resistance caused by individual devices. To successfully deploy turbines, wake interaction between devices, often determined array's layout and spacing, must be understood. In this study, impact array configuration for shallow water application examined numerically using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This propose suitable structure possible implementation Malaysia. numerical study uses 15 staggered squared with two sets lateral longitudinal spacing combinations. horizontal axis turbine (HATT) vertical (VATT) are represented disc cylindrical models, respectively. VATT setup greater model demonstrates faster recovery (between 10% 21%), compared arrangement. meets far criteria reduces chance mixing. It also depth implementation.