Performance of a low-head pico-hydro Turgo turbine

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 1114-1126

  Williamson, S J ^a   Stark, B H ^a   Booker, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design of Experiments testing; Experimental performance validation; Low head; Pico hydro; Turgo turbine

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

3D EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; JET DIAMETER; LOW HEAD; PEAK POWER; PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE VALIDATION; PICO HYDRO; POWER EFFICIENCY; QUASI-STEADY STATE; REMOTE COMMUNITIES; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

TURBINES;

CALIBRATION; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TESTING METHOD; TURBINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84870759474     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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