A review on turbines for micro hydro power plant

CP Jawahar, PA Michael - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years design of micro hydro power plants has been examined by various groups
throughout the world due to its merits of offering better performance than the conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Hydropower exploitation for Pakistan's sustainable development: A SWOT analysis considering current situation, challenges, and prospects

M Sibtain, X Li, H Bashir, MI Azam - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Pakistan has not fully harnessed the capacity of its vast hydropower potential for electricity
generation. It depends on imported and local fossil fuels to fulfill its energy demands, which …

Energy loss mechanisms of transition from pump mode to turbine mode of an axial-flow pump under bidirectional conditions

K Kan, Z Xu, H Chen, H Xu, Y Zheng, D Zhou… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Pump-as-turbine stations with ultra-low head often face the deterioration risk during load
rejection operations when the demands in water delivery and power generation are …

Energy analysis of Francis turbine for various mass flow rate conditions based on entropy production theory

A Yu, Y Tang, Q Tang, J Cai, L Zhao, X Ge - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A methodology of the entropy production theory is employed in hydro turbine flows to
analyze the hydraulic loss characteristics quantitatively. The entropy production theory has …

China's large-scale hydropower system: operation characteristics, modeling challenge and dimensionality reduction possibilities

Z Feng, W Niu, C Cheng - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
To satisfy the huge energy demand of China, a rapid development rate of hydropower
system was undertaken over the past decades. Currently, thousands of hydropower …

Flow instability and energy performance of a coastal axial-flow pump as turbine under the influence of upstream waves

Z Xu, Y Zheng, K Kan, H Chen - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the utilization of the pumps as turbines (PAT) has been proven to be a
feasible alternative for making good use of the flood and residual waters in regions with …

Dynamic modeling of vortex induced vibration wind turbines

A Chizfahm, EA Yazdi, M Eghtesad - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the dynamic modeling of four configurations of vortex-induced vibrations
of a bladeless wind turbine (BWT). The BWTs consist of a bluff body mounted on a flexible …

Numerical investigation on the volute cutwater for pumps running in turbine mode

A Morabito, E Vagnoni, M Di Matteo, P Hendrick - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The hydropower sector has recently raised the interest in pump as turbine (PaT) that can be
a valid trade-off between capital cost and performance in micro-scale installations …

Francis turbine draft tube parameterization and analysis of performance characteristics using CFD techniques

TM Arispe, W de Oliveira, RG Ramirez - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The present paper focuses on the parameterization of the draft tube elbow based on the
initial geometry of the GAMM Francis turbine model. The goal was to obtain a draft tube …

Analyzing the impact of blade geometrical parameters on energy recovery and efficiency of centrifugal pump as turbine installed in the pressure-reducing station

MH Shojaeefard, S Saremian - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Improving renewable energy efficiency has received great attention globally by increasing
demand for energy supplies and air pollution issues. The Soft Pressure Regulation System …