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20 kW Turbine Aerodynamic Design for EP-OTEC System

20 kW EP-OTEC 터빈 공력 설계

  • Received : 2016.07.25
  • Accepted : 2016.11.10
  • Published : 2017.04.01
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Abstract

In the present study, 20 kW turbine for OTEC with a ejector and a motive pump is designed and performance prediction is implemented by means of CFD. The meridional analysis for initial geometry and CFD for detail design are used to design the turbine. This turbine has about 90.9% efficiency and 28.47 kW power at 15,000 rpm and pressure ratio of 1.53. Homogeneous mixture model is used because two phase flow can be occurred in the turbine. Performance evaluation is carried out and then results are presented by plotting of power, mass flow rate and efficiency as varying pressure ratio and rotational speed.

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