Tip clearance effect on the flow pattern of a radial impulse turbine for wave energy conversion

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 290-299

  Pereiras, Bruno ^a   Castro, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE SPAN; FLOW DIRECTION; IMPULSE TURBINES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; TIP CLEARANCE; TIP CLEARANCE SIZES; TURBINE EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW PATTERNS; TURBINES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 74549222238     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: 15551792     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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