A Study on the Performance of the Split Reaction Water Turbine with Guide Ribs

7th International Conference on Cooling & Heating Technologies

材料科学;物理学

Allen, Deuel H.^1 ; Villanueva, Eliseo P.^1

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines^1

关键词: Data processing systems;    Energy-potentials;    Engineering fluids;    Lab-view softwares;    National Instruments;    Solidworks software;    Speed of rotation;    Use of renewable energies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/88/1/012069/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/88/1/012069

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The development of technologies that make use of renewable energy is of great significance presently. A new kind of turbine called Split Reaction Water Turbine (SRWT) using PVC pipes as material is a major contribution towards harnessing the energy potentials of small stream low head water resources. SRWTs of diameter to height ratio (D/H = 110 cm/160 cm) were tested at the MSU-IIT College of Engineering Fluid Engineering Laboratory. Data on volumetric flow and pressure head at the turbine inlet of the SRWT were recorded using National Instrument Data Processing System using LabView software. In later experiments, guide ribs were installed at the vane of the exit nozzles in order to determine the difference in the performance of the ribbed and the non-ribbed SRWT. Simulations of the running SRWT were conducted using SOLIDWORKS software. Results of the simulations aided in the thorough analyses of the data from the experimental runs. A comparison of data from the ribbed and non-ribbed SRWT shows that guide ribs were effective in directing the momentum of the exiting water to improve the speed of rotation. In this study, the increase in the speed of the Split Reaction Water Turbine was as much as 46%.