The performance of wells turbine with 3D guide vanes

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 381-386

  Takao, M ^a   Setoguchi, T ^a   Kim, T H ^a   Kaneko, K ^a   Inoue, M ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid machinery; Guide vane; Natural energy; Ocean wave energy; Wave energy conversion; Wells turbine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; ROTORS; STEADY FLOW; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

GUIDE VANES; OCEAN WAVE ENERGY;

TURBINES;

EID: 0033693411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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