An impulse bio turbine with circular inlet/outlet area which can be integrated into small devices, is presented. The system was designed using a scaled impulse macro turbine model, which was modified in size and shape to guarantee integration in implantable bio medical devices and physiological circulatory system. The simplicity in the design reduces cost and makes it very suitable for developi...

This work presents a mean line analysis for the prediction of the performance and aerodynamic loss of axial flow impulse turbine wave energy extraction, which can be easily incorporated into the turbine design program. The model is based on the momentum principle and the well-known Euler turbine equation. Predictions of torque, pressure drop, and turbine efficiency showed favorable agreement wi...

1. Turbine Classification 1.1. Blade Profiles 1.2. Impulse and Reaction 2. Velocity Diagrams 2.1. General Relationships 2.2. Momentum Principle 2.2.1. Impulse Blading 2.2.2. Reaction Blading 2.3. Blade Efficiency 2.4. Energy Principle 2.4.1. Impulse Blading 2.4.2. Reaction Blading 2.5. Impulse Blading 2.6. Reaction Blading 2.7. Whirl Velocity 3. Stage Design 3.1 Number of Stages 3.1.1 Impulse B...

This work is an attempt to use the standard Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics methodology for the simulation of the complex unsteady, free-surface flow in a rotating Turgo impulse water turbine. A comparison of two different geometries was conducted. The SPH method due to its mesh-less nature is capable of capturing the flow features appearing in the turbine, without diffusion at the water/air in...

Wave energy is the most abundant source of renewable energy in the World. For the last two decades,engineers have been investigating and defining different methods for power extraction from wavemotion. The concept of harnessing the power from ocean waves has resulted in the design of manydevices. Some of these devices utilize the principle of an Oscillating Water Column (OWC), w...

As a system using a conventional unidirectional air turbine in oscillating water column (OWC) based on a wave energy plant, a twin unidirectional impulse turbine topology has been suggested in previous studies. However, the average efficiency of the suggested twin turbine is considerably lower than that of a conventional unidirectional turbine in this topology because reciprocating air flow can...

Scope of the analysis presented in this work was the improvement in the design of a microturbine for dental applications. The initial choice was an impulse turbine operating in subsonic regime with air as working fluid and a behavior similar to Turgo turbines. The work was performed in several stages: the first step focused on documentation of these turbines, followed by a dimensional study bas...

Pelton wheel is the only hydraulic turbine of the impulse type in common use, is named after an American engineer Laster A Pelton, who contributed much to its development around the year 1880. Therefore this machine is known as Pelton turbine or Pelton wheel. It is an efficient machine particularly suited to high heads, many modifications is being suggested up to now the major modification was ...