Wave, Wind, and Current Power Generation

Victor M. Lyatkher, PhD, is a professor, engineer, and inventor. He was educated in Moscow and Leningrad and has developed and patented numerous processes and machines. These deal mainly with renewable energy sources such as tidal power, water turbines, and vertical axis wind turbines. He developed a new method to forecast long-term variations in the Caspian Sea level and designed a new kind of low head turbine. Mr. Lyatkher has worked for over 35 years in the wind and hydro-power industry. He has received several prizes and awards for his accomplishments, including the Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Award of the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, and five medals of the All-Union USSR Exhibition, gold, silver and bronze. He has published numerous books in English, Russian, and German, and he has over 80 patents to his credit. In addition, he invented the helical turbine, patented in the USSR in 1983 and has authored over 200 technical articles. Ziaur Rahman is an inventor and an entrepreneur, recognized for his work in the fields of engineering, computer science and information technology. Though he is more known for his achievements in biometric software, one of Ziaur’s areas of interest is turbine technology. Since 2015 Rahman has been working with Victor Lyatkher on orthogonal turbines, developing and improving their prototypes. He is also an owner of various patents in the field of turbine design. He graduated with First Class Honors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Ziaur holds an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

• Preface vii1 Renewable Energy of the World 12 Conversion of the Energy of Currents 593 Collinear Units and Their Modifications 954 Orthogonal Power Units 1594.1 High Speed Orthogonal Turbines in the Infinite Flow 1594.2 Efficiency Turbine with Different Parameters 1634.3 One and Two Blades Turbines 1734.4 Double-Acting Turbine 1844.5 Many Blades Turbines with Large Diameter and Control Position of Blades 1874.6 General 192References 1935 Turbines with Transverse Turbulent Energy Transfer 1955.1 Introduction 1955.2 Efficiency of Ordinal VAWT – Brake of Flow Within the Aggregate 2015.3 New Design with Turbulent Vertical Mixing of Streams 2025.4 Conclusion 215References 2156 Damless Hydropower and Tidal Power Plants 2177 Tidal Power as Basis for Hydrogen Energetic 231Conclusion 254References 2558 High Jet Power Plant 257References 2819 Power Unit with a Controlled Thrust Vector – The Base for a Vehicle of Absolute Cross-Country Capability 283Conclusion 290References 290Conclusion General 29010 High Altitude Turbine (HAT): The Future of Wind Energy 293Harnessing the Wind Energy 293Basic Architecture of HAT 295Air Borne Module (ABM) 296Tether 298The Conversion Unit 300Ground-Based Power Generation 300On-Board Power Generation 302Dirigible-Based Rotors (DBR) 303The Launcher and Landing System 304Balance-of-Station 304Comparison of HAT with Conventional Wind Turbine (CWT) 304Multidimensional Scope of HAT 306Probable Drawbacks 307Commercial Endeavors 308Case Study 309References 315Application 1 Development and Adaptation of a Mathematical Model for a Two-Dimensional Calculation of the Flow Around an NACA0021 Airfoil Moving Along a Circular Track 319Index 355