Abstract
The renewable energy policy strongly encourages the use of all renewable sources of energy. ICPE-CA starts to develop a new hydrokinetic turbine to be implemented in small rivers or water channels with a low investment cost. In a first step, the characterization of a laboratory reduced scale turbine model is performed. The hydrokinetic turbine model is implemented in a free surface water channel. The produced power for many flow rates and rotation speed of the turbine, as well as the detailed flow characterization (PIV measurements) are presented.
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