In this episode of the Fluid Mechanics 101 Podcast, I discuss the challenges in tidal stream turbine design with Wouter Remmerie. Wouter Remmerie is a founder and owner of AirShaper. AirShaper is an online platform that allows you to carry out aerodynamics CFD simulations in the cloud, with no expert knowledge of CFD, aerodynamics or specific software.   

Checkout the abbreviated podcast (with video clips and diagrams) here: https://youtu.be/c3VaPgTJh88

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Timetamps 

0:00 Introduction 

3:11 Aidan's CFD Background 

4:48 Wind Rotors and Tidal Rotors 

9:30 Aeroplane Tip Vortices 

12:10 Rotor Tip Vortices 

14:30 Turbine Farm Layout 

17:40 Downstream spacing 

21:21 Marine life growth 

24:30 Rotor power and size 

28:59 Tidal Sites around the World 

34:41 Lateral Blockage 

39:55 Spacing research (MeyGen) 

41:45 Ducted Turbines 

43:12 Support Structures 

45:28 Cavitation 

49:39 Outro  

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Follow Wouter Remmerie on: 

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/AirShaper 

Web https://www.airshaper.com 

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AirShaper 

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/airshaper

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More Information: 

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Dr Aidan Wimshurst's Doctoral Thesis https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a91acd6f-dc86-4cad-bf5e-b042e81840dc 

Dr Aidan Wimshurst's Research on ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aidan-Wimshurst