Design, Analysis and Improvisation of Helical Cross Flow Hydro Kinetic Turbine

Prashant Gunai; ShardulGumaste; Swapnil Gathe; AkashKumar Das

Design, Analysis and Improvisation of Helical Cross Flow Hydro Kinetic Turbine

( Vol-3,Issue-9,September 2016 ) OPEN ACCESS

Author(s):

Prashant Gunai, ShardulGumaste, Swapnil Gathe, AkashKumar Das

Keywords:

Gorlov turbine, Venturi effect, Variable pitch concept, Variable Chord Length, NACA 0018.

Abstract:

Pico-hydro power plants can be a future for the fulfillment of ever increasing demand of energy. This brief paper reports on study carried out for designing a work producing hydrokinetic turbine with the help of waste energy in flowing water. The lift type turbine is designed upon the basics of Gorlov turbine. Various other turbines and their parameters where studied and analyzed in CFD simulation software. Many different kinds of models were derived from the study conducted. These designed models were compared with each other and an optimized model was obtained. We conclude this paper by providing comparative system characteristics of the turbine.