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
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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  
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Follow Wouter Remmerie on: 
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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
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More Information: 
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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