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TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of hydro impulse turbines and new opportunities
AU - Zidonis, Audrius
AU - Benzon, David
AU - Aggidis, George
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 51, 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.007 12 month embargo
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Hydro impulse turbines are often referred to as a mature technology having been invented around 100 years ago with many of the old design guidelines producing machines of a high efficiency. However with recent advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) it is now possible to simulate these highly turbulent multiphase flows with good accuracy and in reasonable timescales. This has opened up an avenue for further development and understanding of these machines which has not been possible through traditional analyses and experimental testing. This paper explores some of the more recent developments of Pelton and Turgo Impulse turbines and highlights the opportunities for future development.
AB - Hydro impulse turbines are often referred to as a mature technology having been invented around 100 years ago with many of the old design guidelines producing machines of a high efficiency. However with recent advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) it is now possible to simulate these highly turbulent multiphase flows with good accuracy and in reasonable timescales. This has opened up an avenue for further development and understanding of these machines which has not been possible through traditional analyses and experimental testing. This paper explores some of the more recent developments of Pelton and Turgo Impulse turbines and highlights the opportunities for future development.
KW - Hydropower
KW - Impulse turbines
KW - Pelton turbine
KW - Turgo turbine
KW - Computational Fluid Dynamics
KW - Optimisation
U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.007
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 1624
EP - 1635
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
SN - 1364-0321
M1 - RSER4610
ER -