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标题：Unsteady flow simulations of Pelton turbine at different rotational speeds
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作者：Minsuk Choi ; Young-Jin Jung ; Youhwan Shin 等
期刊名称：Advances in Mechanical Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1687-8140
电子版ISSN：1687-8140
出版年度：2015
卷号：7
期号：11
DOI：10.1177/1687814015616538
语种：English
出版社：Sage Publications Ltd.
摘要：This article presents numerical simulations of a small Pelton turbine suitable for desalination system. A commercial flow solver was adopted to resolve difficulties in the numerical simulation for Pelton turbine such as the relative motion of the turbine runner to the injector and two-phase flow of water and air. To decrease the numerical diffusion of the water jet, a new topology with only hexagonal mesh was suggested for the computational mesh around the complex geometry of a bucket. The predicted flow coefficient, net head coefficient, and overall efficiency showed a good agreement with the experimental data. Based on the validation of the numerical results, the pattern of wet area on the bucket inner surface has been analyzed at different rotational speeds, and an attempt to find the connection between rotational speeds, torque, and efficiency has been made.
关键词：Pelton turbine; unsteady flow simulation; desalination