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Performance of an impulse turbine with fixed guide vanes for wave power conversion
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In this article, a simple fixed geometry impulse turbine has been studied as a suitable power converter in Oscillating Water Column based wave power plants and the optimum guide vane angle for maximum efficiency has been arrived at based on the five angles tested.About:
This article is published in Renewable Energy.The article was published on 1999-08-01. It has received 76 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wells turbine & Turbine.read more
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Design optimization of a purely radial turbine for operation in the inhalation mode of an oscillating water column
TL;DR: In this paper, the design of a centripetal-radial-turbine for optimum efficiency in steady-state using CFD methods for application with the pressure/flow profile experienced by the vented Oscillating-Water-Column (OWC).
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Performance studies on an oscillating water column employing a savonius rotor
TL;DR: In this article, a new oscillating water column (OWC) design is proposed to incorporate a simpler Savonius type turbine, which is much cheaper and is an effective option at low Reynolds numbers.
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Surrogate based optimization of a Bi-Directional impulse turbine for OWC-WEC: Effect of guide vane lean and stagger angle for pseudo-sinusoidal wave conditions
TL;DR: In this paper, an optimized turbine for asymmetric airflow conditions was presented, where the rotor blade setting angle (γ) was made asymmetric with a nonzero setting angle, and the guide vane shape was optimized.
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Effects of rotor solidity on the performance of impulse turbine for OWC wave energy converter
Zhen Liu,Huan-yu Zhao,Ying Cui +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of the rotor solidity varying with the change of blade number are investigated and the suitable solidity value is recommended for different flow coefficients, and a numerical model established in Fluent is validated by the corresponding experimental results.
Optimization study on the downstream section of a radial inflow turbine
TL;DR: In this paper, the design modification of the downstream section in a radial inflow turbine has been considered for efficiency improvements, and four parameters are selected which mainly affect the shape of the guide vanes and the duct, and optimization methods are employed for efficiency maximization.
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Performance of a High-Solidity Wells Turbine for an OWC Wave Power Plant
TL;DR: In this article, an experimental investigation of the aerodynamic performance of a high-solidity Wells turbine for a wave power plant is presented, and the results show that the presence of guide vanes can provide a remarkable increase in turbine efficiency.
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Impulse Turbine With Self-Pitch-Controlled Guide Vanes For Wave Power Conversion (Guide Vanes Connected By Link Motion)
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of an impulse turbine with self-pitch-controlled guide vanes for wave power conversion has been investigated, and the results show that a high-efficiency impulse turbine can be developed by these of guide vane connected by link motions.
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Impulse Turbine With Self-Pitch-Controlled Guide Vanes For Wave Power Conversion: Performance Of Mono- Vane Type
TL;DR: In this paper, an impulse turbine with self-pitch-controlled guide vanes was investigated experimentally by the use of turbine test equipment in which the sinusoidally reciprocating flow conditions are simulated.
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