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Development of a Novel High Head Impulse Hydro Turbine. / Aggidis, George; Židonis, Audrius; Burtenshaw, Luke et al.
In: Sustainability, Vol. 16, No. 1, 253, 27.12.2023.

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Aggidis, G, Židonis, A, Burtenshaw, L, Dubois, M, Orritt, S, Pickston, D, Prigov, G & Wilmot, L 2023, 'Development of a Novel High Head Impulse Hydro Turbine', Sustainability, vol. 16, no. 1, 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010253

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Aggidis, G., Židonis, A., Burtenshaw, L., Dubois, M., Orritt, S., Pickston, D., Prigov, G., & Wilmot, L. (2023). Development of a Novel High Head Impulse Hydro Turbine. Sustainability, 16(1), Article 253. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010253

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Aggidis G, Židonis A, Burtenshaw L, Dubois M, Orritt S, Pickston D et al. Development of a Novel High Head Impulse Hydro Turbine. Sustainability. 2023 Dec 27;16(1):253. doi: 10.3390/su16010253

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Aggidis, George ; Židonis, Audrius ; Burtenshaw, Luke et al. / Development of a Novel High Head Impulse Hydro Turbine. In: Sustainability. 2023 ; Vol. 16, No. 1.

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title = "Development of a Novel High Head Impulse Hydro Turbine",
abstract = "The Pelton turbine has been widely regarded as the most efficient hydro turbine for high-head applications. However, the Pelton turbine buckets, especially the area commonly referred to as the {\textquoteleft}splitter{\textquoteright}, are highly susceptible to erosion, drastically reducing efficiency over prolonged periods of time. This paper demonstrates a novel turbine idea that has been validated through both computational and experimental methods. This turbine addresses the issues associated with the erosion of the splitter through a redesign of the Pelton turbine to remove the need for a splitter and therefore potentially reducing downtime due to maintenance. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation results show that the turbine is capable of efficiencies greater than 82% with room for further improvement. The practical experimental results also show efficiencies within 6% of an optimized Pelton turbine. The results from this study indicate that through further optimization this turbine design could provide a means to produce power outputs similar to conventional Pelton turbines, with the added benefit of lower maintenance costs.",
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