PAT efficiency variation with design parameters

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-291

  Carravetta, A ^a   Fecarotta, O ^a   Martino, R ^a   Antipodi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Caprari Spa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; PATs; Turbomachinery affinity law; Water distribution networks

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC MOTORS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TURBINES; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BEST EFFICIENCY POINT; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; ENERGY RECOVERY; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; PATS; SMALL HYDRO-POWER PLANTS; VARIABLE OPERATING CONDITION; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

HYDRAULIC MACHINERY;

EID: 84899674164     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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