Theoretical, numerical and experimental prediction of pump as turbine performance

Renewable Energy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 507-513

  Yang, Sun Sheng ^a   Derakhshan, Shahram ^b   Kong, Fan Yu ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Experimental; Numerical; Pump as turbine; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; CONTROL VOLUMES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NUMERICAL; NUMERICAL PREDICTION METHODS; PERFORMANCE CURVE; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PUMP AS TURBINE; REVERSE MODE; SINGLE-STAGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; STRUCTURED MESH; TEST RIGS; THEORETICAL; TURBINE MODES;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; PUMPS; TURBINES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CENTRIFUGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PUMP; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBINE; WIND POWER;

EID: 84863220915     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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