Effects of impeller diameter and rotational speed on performance of pump running in turbine mode

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 808-824

  Jain, Sanjay V ^a   Swarnkar, Abhishek ^b   Motwani, Karan H ^c   Patel, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b EC Department   (India)

^c Marwadi Education Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Impeller diameter; Part load; Pump running in turbine mode; Rotational speed

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; IMPELLERS; PUMPS; SPEED;

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; LOCAL SITE CONDITION; MINI/MICRO HYDROPOWER; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PART LOAD; ROTATIONAL SPEED; RUNNING-IN;

TURBINES;

EID: 84910600799     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.10.036     Document Type: Article

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