Effect of design parameters on aero-acoustic and aerodynamic performance of Wells turbines

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 299-308

  Starzmann, R ^a   Carolus, T H ^a   Tease, K ^b   Arlitt, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b Voith Paper GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIR SUPPLY; AXIAL TURBINE; BLADE ELEMENTS; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; LOW NOISE; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NO LOAD; NOISE EMISSIONS; OSCILLATING AIRFLOW; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; OVERLOAD CAPACITY; PNEUMATIC POWER; RANS SIMULATION; STALL MARGIN; STEADY STATE TEST; WELLS TURBINE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AEROACOUSTICS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; OCEANOGRAPHY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WELLS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84855794153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2011-49127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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