Hydraulic energy is one of the most important sources renewable today. It also a complementary source to other sources, being only that offers an nonpolluting storage capacity (through pump facilities). Another essential quality hydraulic its ability regulate system allow integration in which process generating depends on factors cannot be controlled (sun, wind, etc.). However, hydropower plant...

The effective utilization of micro hydropower sources is often realized through the use pumps as turbines (PAT). efficiency PAT about same that original pump. A further increase in and power output can be achieved by modifying parts interacting with flow, especially impeller adjacent volute casing draft tube. This paper presents a user-friendly calculation model Francis turbine design its appli...

This paper describes the modeling of a turbofan engine using a general purpose object-oriented simulation tool. EcosimProTM is a tool that can be adapted to different fields through the creation of reusable modeling component libraries representing parts or equipment of a physical system. These libraries are developed using an object-oriented language. A flexible graphical user interface allows...

A power criterion for selecting the electric motor used in a gas turbine emulator is defined. The power criterion is derived in terms of the ratio of inertias between the gas turbine engine and the electric motor, rotational losses and load torque. The gas turbine emulator allows emulating the speed-torque behavior of a gas turbine engine. Using simulation models, we show that the steady-state ...

The Output power of wind turbine is determined by wind speed. The Output power can be adjusted by controlling the generator speed and pitch angle of wind turbine. When the wind speed below the wind turbine rated, the output power of generator can be maximized by controlling the generator speed at point of maximum power coefficient. When the wind speed above the wind turbine rated, output power ...

Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) integrates two cyclesBrayton cycle (Gas Turbine) and Rankine cycle (Steam Turbine) with the objective of increasing overall plant efficiency. In modern gas turbine the temperature of the exhaust gases is in the range of 500 oC to 550 oC. Modern steam power plants have steam temperature in the range of 500 oC to 630 oC. Hence gas turbine exhaust can be utilized ...

Recent developments from the cast 718Plus® Metals Affordability Initiative (MAI) program will be presented and discussed. The objective of the program is to investigate and enable the use of 718Plus® (hereinafter referred to as 718Plus) in the form of investment castings by (1) increasing the allowable operating temperature by about 75°F as compared with conventional cast Alloy 718 and (2) achi...

The proposed DOE/Sandia Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT) hosted by Texas Tech University at Reese Technology Center in Lubbock, TX, will provide a facility for experimental study of turbine-turbine interaction and complex wind farm aerodynamics. This document surveys the current status of wind turbine wake and turbine-turbine interaction research, identifying knowledge and data gaps...