Research Article

Optimized Blade Design of Counter-Rotating-Type Pump-Turbine Unit Operating in Pump and Turbine Modes

Table 1

Design specifications of the reference design.

Diameter of blade (mm)150Tip clearance (mm)0.5
Pump mode efficiency (%)77.03Turbine mode efficiency (%)81.26
Designed mass flow rate at pump mode (m3/h)93.51Designed mass flow rate at turbine mode (m3/h)85.98
Total rotational speed at pump mode (r/min)2,463Total rotational speed at turbine mode (r/min)1,675
Number of blades (front impeller/rear runner)5Number of blades (rear impeller/front runner)4