Analysis Of the Effect of Flow Rate and Speed on Four Blade Tubular Water Bulb-Turbine Efficiency Using Numerical Flow Simulation

Authors

  • Febri Budi Darsono Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Rahmad Doni Widodo Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Rusiyanto Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Akhmad Nurdin Department of Foundry, Politeknik Manufaktur Ceper, Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.90.2.18

Keywords:

Hydropower, Pico-Hydro, Computational Fluid Dynamic, Propeller, Efficiency

Abstract

At the smallest scale, hydropower or pico-hydro can be produced by utilizing water flow at the piping system. This paper discusses about the performance of a water bulb-turbine in a water piping water system using the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) method. This study aims to analyze the effect of flow rate and speed on the efficiency of water bulb-turbine using Solidworks Flow Simulation 2016. The propeller turbine design used in this study has 4 blades and a blade angle of 200, and the static bulb using with a ratio of 0.6 to the pipe diameter. The parameter in flow rate applied in this study is between 7 and 13 L/s and for speed parameter between 100 and 1700 rpm. The final result of this study indicates that the efficiency of the water bulb-turbine is a directly proportional increase of flow rate and the highest efficiency reaches at flow rate 13 L/s and 1300 rpm.

Author Biographies

Febri Budi Darsono, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

febribudi@mail.unnes.ac.id

Rahmad Doni Widodo, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

rahmat.doni@mail.unnes.ac.id)

Rusiyanto, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

me_rusiyanto@mail.unnes.ac.id

Akhmad Nurdin, Department of Foundry, Politeknik Manufaktur Ceper, Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia

nurdin@polmanceper.ac.id

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Published

2021-12-26

How to Cite

Febri Budi Darsono, Rahmad Doni Widodo, Rusiyanto, & Akhmad Nurdin. (2021). Analysis Of the Effect of Flow Rate and Speed on Four Blade Tubular Water Bulb-Turbine Efficiency Using Numerical Flow Simulation . Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 90(2), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.90.2.18

Issue

Vol. 90 No. 2: February (2022)

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