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Design and Analysis of a Radial Turbine for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

해양온도차발전용 반경류 터빈의 설계 및 해석

  • Received : 2014.05.22
  • Accepted : 2015.01.03
  • Published : 2015.03.01
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Abstract

The preliminary design of a radial inflow turbine using R134a as the working fluid at 5 kW of power for application to ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is performed to obtain the trends for the efficiency and geometrical dimensions of the turbine. Using input conditions that included a turbine inlet temperature of $25^{\circ}C$, an outlet static pressure of 4.9 bar, and a mass flow rate of 1.16 kg/s, the results of a mean flow analysis show the major dimensions of the turbine, along with an angular velocity of 12,820 rpm. Based on these results, a three-dimensional turbine model is constructed for a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The flow characteristics inside the turbine, including the volute and nozzle, are investigated using the CFD software ANSYS CFX. For a pertinent number of nozzle guide vanes, ranging from 10 to 15, the turbine efficiency was higher than 80%, with the highest efficiency shown by a nozzle with 15 guide vanes.

해양온도차발전용 터빈의 효율과 크기를 파악하기 위해 R134a를 작동유체로 하고 출력 5 kW인 반경류형 터빈의 설계가 수행되었다. 터빈입구온도 $25^{\circ}C$, 출구 정압 4.9 bar, 질량유량 1.16 kg/s 로 설정하고 평균유동해석을 수행하여 터빈의 회전수와 주요 치수를 결정하였다. 이들을 바탕으로, 3 차원 터빈 모델을 구축하였으며, 도출된 터빈회전수 12,820 rpm에 대하여 전산유체역학(CFD) 소프트웨어 ANSYS CFX를 이용하여 볼류트와 노즐을 포함하는 터빈 내부 유동장 특성과 효율이 조사되었다. 80%이상의 터빈 효율이 적정 범위 내의 노즐 안내깃 수(10-15 개)에서 제시되었으며, 가장 높은 터빈 효율은 15 개의 안내 깃에서 나타났다.

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