A methodology for designing Francis runner blade to find minimum sediment erosion using CFD

Krishna Khanal, Hari P. Neopane, Shikhar Rai, Manoj Thapa, Subendu Bhatt and Rajendra Shrestha

Renewable Energy, 2016, vol. 87, issue P1, 307-316

Abstract: Sediment particles, especially quartz which has very high hardness factor, flowing along with water erodes turbo machinery parts such as guide vanes, runner, draft tube etc. Among them runner is very crucial part, so its design should be optimum for minimum erosion by maintaining the highest possible efficiency.

Keywords: Francis turbine; Erosion; Efficiency; β-distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.10.023

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