極浅水流を有効利用するジャイロ形水車の開発 : 第2報,ロータまわりの流れとロータ作用(流体工学,流体機械)

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We are under obligation to coexist with natural ecosystem, for the next leap in the hydroelectric power development. In such circumstances, the authors have proposed the new type hydraulic turbine, named "Gyro-Type Hydraulic Turbine", composed of some blades with high aspect ratio and the rotor is submerged nearly parallel to the stream. The turbine is suitable for shallow streams with high velocity in mountain torrents and/or rivers. This paper, continuously, discusses the flow conditions around the rotating blade using the flow visualizations by PIV and the numerical simulations by CFD. The visualizations and the simulations proved that the self-motive power is generated by the drag force of the blade facing to the downstream. With the increase of the rotational speed, however, the rotational torque comes to be caused by the lift force of the blade not only facing to the upstream but also facing to the downstream, and the maximum torque/output is at the higher rotational speed.
2005-04-25