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Design of Reliable and Efficient Banki-Type Turbines
Calogero PiconeMarwa HannachiMarco SinagraCostanza AricòTullio Tucciarellisubject
banki turbinecrossflow turbineHydraulic efficiencyTurbine bladebusiness.industryComputer scienceMechanical engineeringComputational fluid dynamicsTurbineFinite element methodSettore ICAR/01 - Idraulicalaw.inventioncrossflow blade shapeRobustness (computer science)lawbusinessdescription
A new shape for the external surface of the Crossflow turbine blades is proposed, which allows for the preservation of hydraulic efficiency in spite of a significant maximum blade thickness providing mechanic robustness and reliability. The final shape of the blades is assessed using an iterative solution for two uncoupled models: a 2D computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and a structural 3D finite element method (FEM) analysis of a single blade. Application of the proposed methodology to the design of a power recovery system (PRS) turbine, a new backpressure Crossflow-type inline turbine for pressure regulation, and energy production in a real Sicilian site follows.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-05 | The 4th EWaS International Conference: Valuing the Water, Carbon, Ecological Footprints of Human Activities |