CFD Modelling and Simulation of Water Turbines

• Other Authors: Lain, Santiago (Editor), Lopez Mejia, Omar Dario (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; tip leakage flow; tubular turbine; clearance discipline; numerical calculation; biological; flap; hydrodynamic performance; stall; CFD; Computational Fluid Dynamics; vertical axis water turbine; overset mesh; sliding mesh; design Archimedes screw hydropower plant; quick estimation method; Archimedean screw; fish safe/friendly; multi-ASG; hydropower plant; hydro power plant; small/micro/pico/low head hydro power plant; computational fluid dynamics; volume of fluid; transition SST k-ω turbulence model; wake; fault diagnostics; model-based fault detection; fault tolerance; fuzzy control; hydrokinetic; backwater; inland hydrokinetic; axial flow turbines; multiphase pump; integrated design; Sparse Grid method; numerical analysis; flow field characteristics; reversible water turbines; guide vane profile change; draft tube vortex belt; pressure pulsation; energy recovery factor; pump-turbine; entropy production; vorticity; energy loss; numerical simulation; n/a
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The design and development of water turbines requires accurate methods for performance prediction. Numerical methods and modelling are becoming increasingly important tools to achieve better designs and more efficient turbines, reducing the time required in physical model testing. This book is focus...