摘要
ThispaperpresentsthecomparisonofathreedimensionalComputationalFluidDynamics(CFD)analysiswithempiricalperformancedataofa0.6mimpulseturbinewithfixedguidevanesusedforwaveenergypowerconversion.Pro-Engineer,GambitandFluent6wereusedtocreatea3-Dmodeloftheturbine.Ahybridmeshingschemewasusedwithhexahedralcellsinthenearbladeregionandtetrahedralandpyramidcellsintherestofthedomain.Theturbinehasahub-to-tipratioof0.6andresultswereobtainedoverawiderangeofflowcoefficients.Themodelyieldedamaximumefficiencyofapproximately54%ascomparedtoamaximumefficiencyofaround49%fromexperiment.Adegreeofinsightintoflowbehaviour,notpossiblewithexperiment,wasobtained.
出版日期
2004年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)