Bryn Townley¶
EngD student and Engineer @ Frazer Nash · Group member since September 2022
Biography¶
Bryn is an EngD researcher from the IDCORE CDT on offshore renewable energy, following a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering degree at the University of Swansea. As part of the industrial aspect of IDCORE, Bryn works with HydroWing Ltd to ensure the project’s outcomes align with current industry needs.
Research interests¶
Bryn’s main research interests lie in the interactions between tidal turbines’ foundations and their effect on the turbine loading and performance.
Current work¶
Current work focuses on the effect and optimization of foundation on bidirectional tidal turbines with no yaw control.
Selected work¶
Bryn Townley, Qing Xiao, Athanasios Angeloudis, Ian Ashton, George Dadd, Modelling the impact of the foundation shadow effect and flow misalignment disparity on tidal stream turbine performance, Ocean Engineering, Volume 363, Part 1, 2026, 125873, ISSN 0029-8018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.125873.