Numerical Simulation of Water Flow through a Nano-Hydraulic Turbine of Waterfall-Type by Particle Method

Table 1

Simulation conditions.

Rotor diameter 𝐷	0.2 m
Number of blades	12
Water flow rate 𝑄	0.0035 m^3/s
Vertical velocity of waterfall colliding with blade 𝑈𝐹	3.34 m/s
Head of waterfall 𝐻𝐹	0.57 m
Horizontal distance between blade and initial point of waterfall	1.33𝐷
Distance between particles discretizing waterfall 𝑙0	0.069𝐵–0.12𝐵
Maximum of time increment Δ𝑡	0.001 s