Computational fluid dynamics analysis of a 0.6 m, 0.6 hub-to-tip ratio impulse turbine with fixed guide vanes

Renewable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1387-1399

  Thakker, Ajit ^a   Hourigan, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Impulse turbine; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

FLOW BEHAVIOR; GUIDE VANES; IMPULSE TURBINES; WAVE ENERGY;

TURBINES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GUIDE VANE; TURBINE; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 14644444488     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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