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Design and Analysis of A Pico Propeller Hydro Turbine Applied in Fish Farms using CFD and Experimental Method

  • Tran, Bao Ngoc (Graduate School of Mokpo National Maritime University) ;
  • Kim, Jun-ho (Division of Marine Mechatronics, Mokpo National Maritime University)
  • Received : 2019.05.03
  • Accepted : 2019.05.28
  • Published : 2019.05.31
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Abstract

In this paper, a pico hydro turbine employing low head circulation water at fish farms is designed and evaluated. Due to the advantages of simple structures, small head requirements, and low-cost investment, the constant thickness propeller turbine is considered as a feasible solution. The design process based on the free vortex method is presented in full detail, and a 4-blade runner is built using BladeGen. The turbine performance is analyzed both numerically and via experimental methods. Despite slight differences, the results show similar trends between CFD simulations and experiments carried out on factory test-rigs in a wide range of working conditions. At the design flow rate, the turbine achieves the best efficiency of 70 %, generating 3.5 kW power when rotating at 420 rpm. The internal flow field, as well as the turbine's behavior, are investigated through the distribution of blade streamlines, pressure, and velocity around the runner. Moreover, the pressure coefficient on the blade surface at 3 span positions is plotted while the head loss for each simulation domain is calculated and displayed by charts.

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