CFD simulation of water gravitation vortex pool flow for mini hydropower plants

• Main Authors: Shabara, H. M., Yaakob, O. B., Ahmed, Y. M., Elbatran, A. H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58014/1/HMShabara2015_CFDSimulationofWaterGravitationVortex.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58014/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v74.4645

Mini hydropower plants can be expected to have a good potential to provide electricity to remote communities. An important part of this economic and clean energy system is the conversion of the low-head potential energy into kinetic energy to drive the power turbines. One way of converting the low-...