DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF AKSIAL WATER TURBINE USING CFD METHOD

• Main Author: PRASETYO HADI (NIM : 131 04 081); Pembimbing Utama : Dr.Ir. Hendrawan, CHANDRA
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/15225
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Supply of electricity on Indonesia region still inadequate. Minihydro power generation using aksial water turbine is one of the best solution for solving this problem. This power generation system has a lot of benefits, one of the benefits is this system is using a renewable energy resources. Beside that, this system does not require high head water source so it can be operated on water way doors. <br /> <br /> <br /> Minihydro power generation system has a few components that must be well designed. The component consist of runner, guide vanes, draft tube and other components that suported the electricity generation system. The design process of <br /> <br /> <br /> runner and guide vane will be explained in this final project. <br /> <br /> <br /> The design of runner and guide vane is using an emphirical method from Pfleiderer (1972). The reason of using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in runner and guide vane design is to tested or simulate the design. Using the result of the simulation, a good performance design will be accuired. The simulation consists of two parts. The first simulation is the simulation of three diferent runner design with same input condition. The second simulation is simulation of turbine system with nine different angle combinations of runner angle and guide vane angle. The result of this simulation is the accuiring of the best peformance turbine angle combination and the best peformance design.