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| Article Name : | | | Design Of Water Wheel For Micropowergeneration With Supercritical Inflow | | Author Name : | | | Sonaje N. P, Karambelkar. K. R. , Hinge. G. A. And Sathe N. J. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2736 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Hhydropower has always been recognised as clean and cheap source of power. Various sectors are facing a problem of power crunch and hence the micropower generation is becoming popular these days. In this regard, various attempts are made to generate power with the help of continuous subcritical flow of water available in canals. Present study proposes a new technique of micro power generation with supercritical inflow at the foot of the sluice gate in canals. As no literature is available, it was decided to design a water wheel which can give maximum output in the form of rpm speed and torque for above mentioned inflow conditions. At initial stage, the studies are carried out in CFD with various wheel designs (i.e. with different geometries of vanes attached on the periphery of wheel). At length, it is decided to physically test the performance of the best wheel suggested by CFD studies. Accordingly the tests are carried out in 0.3m wide and 8 m long tilting flume. The results obtained are found to be satisfactory and presented herein. | | Keywords : | | |
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