Impulse Turbine with 3D Guide Vanes for Wave Energy Conversion

• 来源期刊: 热科学学报（英文版）
• 学科: 工学
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（1）
• 页码范围: 27-30
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: TK735
• 语种: 英文

摘要

In this study, in order to achieve further improvement of the performance of an impulse turbine with fixed guide vanes for wave energy conversion, the effect of guide vane shape on the performance was investigated by experiment. The investigation was performed by model testing under steady flow condition. As a result, it was found that the efficiency of the turbine with 3D guide vanes are slightly superior to that of the turbine with 2D guide vanes because of the increase of torque by means of 3D guide vane, though pressure drop across the turbine for the 3D case is slightly higher than that for the 2D case.