Research Article
Design, Modeling, and CFD Analysis of a Micro Hydro Pelton Turbine Runner: For the Case of Selected Site in Ethiopia
Table 8
Expressions defined in ANSYS Pre for the baseline design [
5,
11].
| Name | Expression | Description |
| Gravity | 9.82 [ms−2] | Acceleration due to gravity | Head | 13.34 [m] | Model head based on scaling | Turbine radius | 132.5 [mm] | Model turbine radius based on scaling | Inlet velocity | (2 × gravity × head)0.5 [m/s] | Water velocity at the nozzle inlet | Omega | Inlet velocity/(2 × turbine radius) [rad/s] | Angular velocity: rotation in the negative direction is selected | Torque middle bucket wall | Torque_z@Middel Bucket Wall | The entire middle bucket is selected | Total time | | Total simulation running time |
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