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Review on S-Shape Characteristics of Pump Turbine for Hydropower Generation

Received: 23 May 2017    Accepted: 26 June 2017    Published: 26 July 2017
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This paper presents and discussed the results of an experimental investigation of S-shape characteristics of pump turbine. An experimental study of pump turbine has been carried out by many researchers to study its characteristics. By using the experimental results of tested pump of some previous researchers, The Numerical analysis and Experimental studies on the S-shaped characteristics of a pump turbine model, Impact of Parameters on S-shaped characteristics, mechanism of the internal flow of pump turbines as well as measurements of pressure fluctuations on reduced-scale model pump-turbines have been discussed.

Published in American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.epes.20170604.12
Page(s) 43-50
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Keywords

Pump Turbine, Pressure Fluctuations, S-Shaped Characteristics, Parameters

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  • National Research Centre of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China

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