ORPC RivGen Hydrokinetic Turbine Wake Characterization
Field measurements of mean flow and turbulence parameters at the Kvichak river prior to and after the deployment of ORPC's RivGen hydrokinetic turbine. Data description and turbine wake analysis are presented in the attached manuscript "Wake measurements from a hydrokinetic river turbine" by Guerra and Thomson (recently submitted to Renewable Energy).
There are three data sets: NoTurbine (prior to deployment), Not_Operational_Turbine (turbine underwater, but not operational), and Operational_Turbine. The data has been quality controlled and organized into a three-dimensional grid using a local coordinate system described in the paper. All data sets are in Matlab format (.mat).
Variables available in the data sets are:
qx: X coordinate matrix (m)
qy: Y coordinate matrix (m)
z : z coordinate vector (m)
lat : grid cell latitude (degrees)
lon: grid cell longitude (degrees)
U : velocity magnitude (m/s)
Ux: x velocity (m/s)
Vy: y velocity (m/s)
W: vertical velocity (m/s)
Pseudo_beam.b_i: pseudo-along beam velocities (i = 1 to 4) (m/s) (structure with raw data within each grid cell)
beam5.b5: 5th-beam velocity (m/s) (structure with raw data within each grid cell)
tke: turbulent kinetic energy (m2/s2)
epsilon: TKE dissipation rate (m2/s3)
Reynolds stresses: uu, vv, ww, uw, vw (m2/s2)
Variables from the Not Operational Turbine data set are identified with _T
Variables from the Operational Turbine data set are identified with _TO
Citation Formats
TY - DATA
AB - Field measurements of mean flow and turbulence parameters at the Kvichak river prior to and after the deployment of ORPC's RivGen hydrokinetic turbine. Data description and turbine wake analysis are presented in the attached manuscript "Wake measurements from a hydrokinetic river turbine" by Guerra and Thomson (recently submitted to Renewable Energy).
There are three data sets: NoTurbine (prior to deployment), Not_Operational_Turbine (turbine underwater, but not operational), and Operational_Turbine. The data has been quality controlled and organized into a three-dimensional grid using a local coordinate system described in the paper. All data sets are in Matlab format (.mat).
Variables available in the data sets are:
qx: X coordinate matrix (m)
qy: Y coordinate matrix (m)
z : z coordinate vector (m)
lat : grid cell latitude (degrees)
lon: grid cell longitude (degrees)
U : velocity magnitude (m/s)
Ux: x velocity (m/s)
Vy: y velocity (m/s)
W: vertical velocity (m/s)
Pseudo_beam.b_i: pseudo-along beam velocities (i = 1 to 4) (m/s) (structure with raw data within each grid cell)
beam5.b5: 5th-beam velocity (m/s) (structure with raw data within each grid cell)
tke: turbulent kinetic energy (m2/s2)
epsilon: TKE dissipation rate (m2/s3)
Reynolds stresses: uu, vv, ww, uw, vw (m2/s2)
Variables from the Not Operational Turbine data set are identified with _T
Variables from the Operational Turbine data set are identified with _TO
AU - Thomson, Jim
A2 - Guerra, Maricarmen
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15473/1432537
KW - MHK
KW - Marine
KW - Hydrokinetic
KW - energy
KW - wake
KW - cross-flow turbine
KW - wake data
KW - RivGen
KW - turbine
KW - ORPC
KW - river
KW - current
KW - flow
KW - turbulence
KW - Matlab
KW - data collection
KW - mean flow
KW - parameters
KW - characterization
KW - evolution
KW - energy loss
KW - 3D
KW - velocity
KW - cross-flow
KW - resource
KW - field test
KW - cross flow turbine
KW - CEC
KW - Reynolds stress
LA - English
DA - 2018/02/27
PY - 2018
PB - University of Washington
T1 - ORPC RivGen Hydrokinetic Turbine Wake Characterization
UR - https://doi.org/10.15473/1432537
ER -
Thomson, Jim, and Maricarmen Guerra. ORPC RivGen Hydrokinetic Turbine Wake Characterization. University of Washington, 27 February, 2018, MHKDR. https://doi.org/10.15473/1432537.
Thomson, J., & Guerra, M. (2018). ORPC RivGen Hydrokinetic Turbine Wake Characterization. [Data set]. MHKDR. University of Washington. https://doi.org/10.15473/1432537
Thomson, Jim and Maricarmen Guerra. ORPC RivGen Hydrokinetic Turbine Wake Characterization. University of Washington, February, 27, 2018. Distributed by MHKDR. https://doi.org/10.15473/1432537
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title = {ORPC RivGen Hydrokinetic Turbine Wake Characterization},
author = {Thomson, Jim and Guerra, Maricarmen},
abstractNote = {Field measurements of mean flow and turbulence parameters at the Kvichak river prior to and after the deployment of ORPC's RivGen hydrokinetic turbine. Data description and turbine wake analysis are presented in the attached manuscript "Wake measurements from a hydrokinetic river turbine" by Guerra and Thomson (recently submitted to Renewable Energy).
There are three data sets: NoTurbine (prior to deployment), Not_Operational_Turbine (turbine underwater, but not operational), and Operational_Turbine. The data has been quality controlled and organized into a three-dimensional grid using a local coordinate system described in the paper. All data sets are in Matlab format (.mat).
Variables available in the data sets are:
qx: X coordinate matrix (m)
qy: Y coordinate matrix (m)
z : z coordinate vector (m)
lat : grid cell latitude (degrees)
lon: grid cell longitude (degrees)
U : velocity magnitude (m/s)
Ux: x velocity (m/s)
Vy: y velocity (m/s)
W: vertical velocity (m/s)
Pseudo_beam.b_i: pseudo-along beam velocities (i = 1 to 4) (m/s) (structure with raw data within each grid cell)
beam5.b5: 5th-beam velocity (m/s) (structure with raw data within each grid cell)
tke: turbulent kinetic energy (m2/s2)
epsilon: TKE dissipation rate (m2/s3)
Reynolds stresses: uu, vv, ww, uw, vw (m2/s2)
Variables from the Not Operational Turbine data set are identified with _T
Variables from the Operational Turbine data set are identified with _TO},
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/248},
year = {2018},
howpublished = {MHKDR, University of Washington, https://doi.org/10.15473/1432537},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-04},
doi = {10.15473/1432537}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1432537
Details
Data from Feb 27, 2018
Last updated Jun 30, 2020
Submitted Mar 3, 2018
Organization
University of Washington
Contact
Maricarmen Guerra
206.616.6359
Authors
Original Source
https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/248Research Areas
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, wake, cross-flow turbine, wake data, RivGen, turbine, ORPC, river, current, flow, turbulence, Matlab, data collection, mean flow, parameters, characterization, evolution, energy loss, 3D, velocity, cross-flow, resource, field test, cross flow turbine, CEC, Reynolds stressDOE Project Details
Project Name Advanced energy harvesting control schemes for marine renewable energy devices
Project Lead Tim Ramsey
Project Number EE0006397