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Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop

The extent of vertical velocity shear expressed in tidal flows is highlighted with extracts of field data taken from the Falls of Warness in the Pentland Firth. Resulting velocity profiles reveal distinct divergences in shape for the same mean speed during flood and ebb tides with the ebb profile observed to be much fuller than the low shear 1/7 th power law used by the wind industry. A method of applying a Log-law fit to the field data profiles is presented resulting in the calculation of ebb and flood bed roughness heights of 0.015 and 0.127 m. The impact of operating turbines within the high shear tidal environment is assessed computationally at approximately 1/30th geometric scale.

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