The authors have invented a unique counter-rotating type tidal stream power unit, which is composed of tandem propellers and a double rotational armature type generator without a stator. The front and the rear propell...The authors have invented a unique counter-rotating type tidal stream power unit, which is composed of tandem propellers and a double rotational armature type generator without a stator. The front and the rear propellers drive, as for an upstream type, the inner and the outer rotational armatures in the counter-rotating directions respectively, which keep the rotational torques counter-balanced between both propellers and armatures. This paper investigates experimentally the output and forces acting on a pile in a water channel, to get design materials of the mono-pile type tidal stream power unit. The output is maximal at the moderate rotational speed, as the same as a wind turbine. The force acting on the pile is affected by the drag, the Karman vortex and the dynamic balances of the tandem propellers, and has dominant frequencies due to not only the individual but also the interacting rotation of the front and the rear propellers.展开更多
It has been found in our past studies that the installation of asymmetric plate at the inlet of inducer is effective for the suppression of cavitation surge phenomenon.In the present study,the suction performance of 2...It has been found in our past studies that the installation of asymmetric plate at the inlet of inducer is effective for the suppression of cavitation surge phenomenon.In the present study,the suction performance of 2-bladed helical inducer with an inlet asymmetric plate is experimentally investigated.It is observed that the suction performance in large flow rate conditions is not significantly influenced by the asymmetric plate,whereas the head of inducer with the asymmetric plate increases just before the head breakdown in partial flow conditions.To understand the mechanism of this additional head,the flow measurements and the numerical simulations are carried out.It is found that the circumferential component of absolute velocity at the exit of inducer slightly increases with the development of cavitation in both cases with and without the inlet asymmetric plate,indicating the increase of the theoretical head.The theoretical head increase with the inlet asymmetric plate is also confirmed by the unsteady numerical simulations,suggesting that the additional head is achieved through the increase of the theoretical head with the change of the exiting flow from the inducer associated with some amount of cavitation.展开更多
文摘The authors have invented a unique counter-rotating type tidal stream power unit, which is composed of tandem propellers and a double rotational armature type generator without a stator. The front and the rear propellers drive, as for an upstream type, the inner and the outer rotational armatures in the counter-rotating directions respectively, which keep the rotational torques counter-balanced between both propellers and armatures. This paper investigates experimentally the output and forces acting on a pile in a water channel, to get design materials of the mono-pile type tidal stream power unit. The output is maximal at the moderate rotational speed, as the same as a wind turbine. The force acting on the pile is affected by the drag, the Karman vortex and the dynamic balances of the tandem propellers, and has dominant frequencies due to not only the individual but also the interacting rotation of the front and the rear propellers.
文摘It has been found in our past studies that the installation of asymmetric plate at the inlet of inducer is effective for the suppression of cavitation surge phenomenon.In the present study,the suction performance of 2-bladed helical inducer with an inlet asymmetric plate is experimentally investigated.It is observed that the suction performance in large flow rate conditions is not significantly influenced by the asymmetric plate,whereas the head of inducer with the asymmetric plate increases just before the head breakdown in partial flow conditions.To understand the mechanism of this additional head,the flow measurements and the numerical simulations are carried out.It is found that the circumferential component of absolute velocity at the exit of inducer slightly increases with the development of cavitation in both cases with and without the inlet asymmetric plate,indicating the increase of the theoretical head.The theoretical head increase with the inlet asymmetric plate is also confirmed by the unsteady numerical simulations,suggesting that the additional head is achieved through the increase of the theoretical head with the change of the exiting flow from the inducer associated with some amount of cavitation.
