Experimental, numerical, and theoretical research on impeller diameter influencing centrifugal pump-as-turbine

Journal of Energy Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 299-307

  Yang, Sun Sheng ^a,b   Liu, Hou Lin ^b   Kong, Fan Yu ^b   Dai, Cui ^b   Dong, Liang ^b  

^a XIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental research; Impeller diameter; Numerical research; Pump as turbine; Theoretical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW RATE; TURBINES;

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOW FIELD DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL RESEARCH; PUMP AS TURBINE; SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL FORMULA; THEORETICAL RESEARCH;

IMPELLERS;

EID: 84896302580     PISSN: 07339402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000128     Document Type: Article

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