Title :
Design of an experimental test stand for francis type hydraulic turbines
Author :
Kavurmaci, Berat ; Akin, Hasan ; Ayli, Ece ; Celebioglu, Kutay ; Aradag, Selin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., TOBB Univ. of Econ. & Technol., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
Recently, TOBB University of Economics and Technology was awarded a grant for a project on "Design, Construction and Test of Hydraulic Turbines" from Turkish Ministry of Development. The project includes Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) aided hydraulic and structural design, geometry optimization, manufacturing and testing of hydraulic turbines. The main objective of the research presented here is to design a hydro turbine test stand which tests the performance and cavitation characteristics of turbine models according to standards. The paper describes the characteristics of the designed test stand.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; hydraulic turbines; test equipment; CFD aided hydraulic design; CFD aided structural design; Francis type hydraulic turbines; cavitation characteristics; computational fluid dynamics; experimental test stand design; geometry optimization; Calibration; Computational fluid dynamics; Floors; Hydraulic turbines; Laboratories; Reservoirs; Francis turbine; experiment; hydraulic turbines; test stand;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), 2013 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
DOI :
10.1109/PowerEng.2013.6635725
