Numerical Analysis of Contra-Rotating Small Hydro-Turbine with Cylinder Spoke

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Small hydropower is one of potential energy resource existing in our living environment and yet not been widely used. Small hydro-turbine is suitable in these energy resources while it still has some shortages, like performing low efficiency and easy to be out of control when there are foreign materials in the water. Thus we designed this contra-rotating small hydro-turbine to increase its efficiency and enhance its ability of keeping stable operation. The experimental apparatus was designed and assembled, and some experiments were conducted. A new kind of cylinder spoke, which supports the front and rear rotor, was adopted and the numerical analysis was carried out in this paper. As the numerical analysis results shown, the efficiency of test turbine with cylinder spoke increased in a wide range of flow rate. The maximum efficiency increased about 2.2%, reaching to 66.4%, and it was obtained at 1.25Qd. The internal flow condition, especially at the areas behind the spoke, was improved by the cylinder spoke.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Design and Experimental Work
• 3. Numerical Analysis Conditions
• 4. Results and Discussion
• 5. Conclusions
• References

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