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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: principal flow direction, <of a current energy converter>
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Definition: primary orientation or heading of the water current

Note 1 to entry: Figure 4 illustrates a simplified example of the principal flow directions.

Figure 4 – Principal flow direction

Note 2 to entry: For tidal energy converters, it is common to introduce two primary flow directions, one defining the primary flood flow, and one defining the primary ebb flow.


Publication date:2022-02
SourceIEC TS 62600-1:2020, 3.38
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