Abstract
The promising preliminary results of an ongoing investigation aimed at developing a turbine array optimization tool are presented. This tool uses three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (3D RANS) CFD simulations of free-surface flows to capture blockage effects and turbine-wake interactions present in dense river arrays. Turbines are represented individually into the river model using actuating regions inside which momentum source terms are distributed non-uniformly and scaled with turbine force coefficients (defined with regards to a local velocity scale). These data are derived from a high-fidelity CFD simulation of the specific turbine operating near maximum power extraction.
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