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TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydro turbine prototype testing and generation of performance curves
T2 - fully automated approach
AU - Aggidis, George
AU - Zidonis, Audrius
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - ABSTRACT This paper presents a technology that can accelerate the development of hydro turbines by fully automating the initial testing process of prototype turbine models and automatically converting the acquired data into efficiency hill charts that allow straight forward comparison of prototypes' performance. The testing procedure of both reaction and impulse turbines is illustrated using models of Francis and Pelton turbines respectively. For the development of an appropriate hill chart containing no less than 780 points the average duration of the fully automated test is 4 h while the acquired data files can be processed into descriptive standard efficiency hill charts within less than a minute. These hill charts can then be used in research and development to quickly evaluate and compare the performance of initial turbine prototype designs before proceeding to much lengthier and more expensive development stage of the chosen design.
AB - ABSTRACT This paper presents a technology that can accelerate the development of hydro turbines by fully automating the initial testing process of prototype turbine models and automatically converting the acquired data into efficiency hill charts that allow straight forward comparison of prototypes' performance. The testing procedure of both reaction and impulse turbines is illustrated using models of Francis and Pelton turbines respectively. For the development of an appropriate hill chart containing no less than 780 points the average duration of the fully automated test is 4 h while the acquired data files can be processed into descriptive standard efficiency hill charts within less than a minute. These hill charts can then be used in research and development to quickly evaluate and compare the performance of initial turbine prototype designs before proceeding to much lengthier and more expensive development stage of the chosen design.
KW - Renewable energy
KW - Hydropower
KW - Turbines
KW - Turbine testing
KW - Hill charts
KW - Automation
U2 - 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.043
DO - 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.043
M3 - Journal article
VL - 71
SP - 433
EP - 441
JO - Renewable Energy
JF - Renewable Energy
SN - 0960-1481
ER -