Data set for Power and thrust control by passive pitch for tidal turbines

This dataset contains the thrust and torque results from blade element momentum theory and experiments on a 1.2 m diameter turbine equipped with passive pitch and fixed pitch blades. Further, the MATLAB files required to generate the article figures are included. The objective of the study was to explore the effect of freestream velocity and yaw misalignment on loads and performance of the turbine. The experiments were conducted in a recirculating open water channel at the Institute for Marine Engineering, CNR-INM, Rome. The turbine was tested with freestream speeds between 0.4 m/s and 0.7 m/s; resulting in a range of diameter-based Reynolds number, Re from 2400000 to 4200000. The turbine angular velocity was changed to obtain tip speed ratio, tsr, between 3 to 10.