An Investigation of the Effects of Reynolds Number on the Performance of 0.6m Impulse Turbines for Different Hub to Tip Ratios

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 682-686

  Thakker, A ^a,b   Frawley, P ^a   Khaleeq, H B ^a,b  

^a Wave Energy Research Team   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fixed Guide Vanes; Impulse Turbine; Reynolds Number; Wave Energy

Indexed keywords

FIXED GUIDE VANES; IMPULSE TURBINES;

COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; STEADY FLOW; TORQUE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WATER WAVES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 1842608383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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