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Title: Improved Structure and Fabrication of Large, High-Power KHPS Rotors - Final Scientific/Technical Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1084212· OSTI ID:1084212

Verdant Power, Inc, working in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and the University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL), among other partners, used evolving Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) models and techniques to improve the structure and fabrication of large, high-power composite Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) rotor blades. The objectives of the project were to: design; analyze; develop for manufacture and fabricate; and thoroughly test, in the lab and at full scale in the water, the improved KHPS rotor blade.

Research Organization:
Verdant Power, Inc.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Contributing Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Manufacturing Resources Inc.
DOE Contract Number:
FG36-08GO18168
OSTI ID:
1084212
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO18168
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English