The development, design and characterisation of a scale model horizontal axis tidal turbine for dynamic load quantification - data

The data set contains experimental data collected during towing tank testing of horizontal axis tidal turbine. The 1/20th scale tidal turbine was tested at the Kelvin Hydrodynamic Laboritory tow tank facility in Glasgow.

The data sets include measurements taken from instrumentation measuring turbine loading as well as readings taken of  generator/motor parameters. Furthermore, the data sets include readings of a series of capacitance ultrasonic wave probes. 

The data is presented as a .mat workspace. The work space consists of a structure named 'Data'.

WIthin the structure there are fields for load measurements [Data.RotorData], load measurement instrument zero readings [Data.ZeroData], generator/motor readings [Data.MotorData] and for numerous non-dimensional parameters TSR, CP etc. 

NOTE: Cp1 and Cq2 refer to power and torque coefficients caclulated using rotor data, where as Cp2 and Cq2 refer to the same non-dimensional coeffcients which were calculated using motor data.

Each field has numerous entries which correspond to differing operating rotational velocities.    

A detailed explanation of the testing procedure followed can be found in a journal paper produced on the testing available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.060