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

<p>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.<br></p><p>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. </p><p>The data is presented as a .mat workspace. The work space consists of a structure named 'Data'.</p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>Each field has numerous entries which correspond to differing operating rotational velocities.    </p><p>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<br></p>