Tidal Stream Energy with Wouter Remmerie

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 ******************************** 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   ============================================   Follow Wouter Remmerie on:  ============================================   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  ============================================  More Information:  ============================================  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