Design of Ocean Current Blade Turbine 100 kW using Hydrodynamics Simulation Approach

Authors

  • Arfie Ikhsan Firmansyah Department of Ocean Engineering, Faculty of Marine Technology, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Nina Konitat Supriatna Research Centre for Energy Conversion and Conservation (PRKKE), National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), B. J. Habibie Science and Technology Park Bldg. 620, South Tangerang 15314, Province of Banten, Indonesia
  • Bono Pranoto Research Center for Geospatial, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bogor, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.101.1.174185

Keywords:

Ocean current power plant, location, turbine blade, CFD

Abstract

National electricity consumed continues to rise by up to 6.4 % per year, which are not comparable with the availability of fossil fuels as a primary energy coal-fired power plant in Indonesia. Utilization of ocean energy in particular flow energy has performed as one of the primary energy options. Tides are responsible for the renewable energy of ocean currents. Changes in flow velocity of ocean water due to the ups and downs of ocean water can be used as the primary energy to drive turbines and generate electricity. This study investigates the ocean current power plant in Indonesia that relates to the characteristics of the ocean current. The data used for this research belonged to R&D Center Marine Geology (PPPGL) from ocean current data in the Toyapakeh, Pantar, Larantuka, Molo, Boleng and Gam strait. This study looked at both the technical and socioeconomic aspects of the six locations mentioned above. Larantuka strait had the greatest potential for ocean currents in the strait. The turbine was designed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), with a capacity of 100 kW for the Horizontal Axis turbine. The findings demonstrated that the turbine design could produce electrical energy at low ocean current speeds (cut-in speed) of 0.3 m/s, and that the rotor power generated at ocean current speeds of 2.2 m/s approached the design capacity of 100 kW.

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Author Biographies

Arfie Ikhsan Firmansyah, Department of Ocean Engineering, Faculty of Marine Technology, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia

arfi004@brin.go.id

Nina Konitat Supriatna, Research Centre for Energy Conversion and Conservation (PRKKE), National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), B. J. Habibie Science and Technology Park Bldg. 620, South Tangerang 15314, Province of Banten, Indonesia

nina016@brin.go.id

Bono Pranoto, Research Center for Geospatial, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bogor, Indonesia

bono.pranoto@brin.go.id

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Published

2023-01-15

How to Cite

Arfie Ikhsan Firmansyah, Nina Konitat Supriatna, & Bono Pranoto. (2023). Design of Ocean Current Blade Turbine 100 kW using Hydrodynamics Simulation Approach. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 101(1), 174–185. https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.101.1.174185

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