The paper presents numerical analysis of the flow in all types of water turbines. Analysis was performed by ANSYS CFX-11.0 computer code. A detailed analysis of complete radial and axial turbine is presented. On the basis of numerical results efficiency and cavitation are predicted and compared to the measured results obtained on test rigs in Turboinstitut. The paper presents also numerical analysis of the flow in a two jet Pelton turbine. The analysis was divided into two parts. At first a steady state analysis of the flow in the piping system with the jets at the outlet was performed. The second step was unsteady analysis of the runner with jets. The casing was not included in the domain of calculation. The predicted efficiency is compared to the measured values.

Volume Subject Area:
Fluids Engineering
Topics:
Cavitation, Hydraulic turbines, Flow (Dynamics), Jets, Numerical analysis, Turbines, Computers, Piping systems, Steady state
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