Optimization for Cavitation Inception Performance of Pump-Turbine in Pump Mode Based on Genetic Algorithm

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="234615.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2014/234615/figures/234615.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Original</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="234615.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2014/234615/figures/234615.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Optimized</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 9: Optimization for Cavitation Inception Performance of Pump-Turbine in Pump Mode Based on Genetic Algorithm 