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Irene Fernández García, Daniele Novara and Aonghus Mc Nabola
Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV) have been widely used as a device to control pressure at nodes in water distribution networks and thus reduce leakages. However, an energy dissipation takes place during PRV operation. Thus, micro-hydropower turbines and, m...
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Shiyan Lin, Ruiyu Li, Limin Gao and Ning Ge
The accurate prediction of tip leakage flow is the premise for flow mechanism analysis and compressor performance optimization. The detached eddy simulation (DES) method, which compromises cost and accuracy, has excellent potential for a high Reynolds fl...
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Abdelrahman S. Abdeldayem, Salma I. Salah, Omar A. Aqel, Martin T. White and Abdulnaser I. Sayma
Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) can be mixed with dopants such as titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), hexafluoro-benzene (C6F6), and sulphur dioxide (SO2) to raise the critical temperature of the working fluid, allowing it to condense at ambient temperat...
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Alessandro Capone, Francisco Alves Pereira and Fabio Di Felice
The design of super-cavitating propellers takes advantage of the development of air cavities on the blades? surface to reduce drag and, ultimately, increase efficiency. The mechanism of flow modification induced by the development of a cavity on the prop...
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Ming Qi, Wenguo Zhu and Shu Li
The flight of a migratory bird-like flapping-wing aircraft is characterized by a low Reynolds number and unsteadiness. The selection of airfoil profiles is critical to designing an efficient flapping-wing aircraft. To choose the suitable airfoil for vari...
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Lidong Zhang, Zhengcong Feng, Yuze Zhao, Xiandong Xu, Jiangzhe Feng, Huaihui Ren, Bo Zhang and Wenxin Tian
During the expansion of a wind farm, the strategic placement of wind turbines can significantly improve wind energy utilization. This study investigates the evolution of wake turbulence in a wind farm after introducing smaller wind turbines within the ga...
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Michael Mansour and Dominique Thévenin
This paper aims to summarize the results of several experimental investigations regarding two-phase liquid?gas flows in radial centrifugal pumps. The main objective is to combine the corresponding experimental results and collect the obtained knowledge t...
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Xavier Flete, Nicolas Binder, Yannick Bousquet and Sandrine Cros
In the current study, full-stage unsteady simulations were performed to investigate rotating instability inception mechanisms in a particularly large tip clearance centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser and a volute. Four operating points along ...
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Haigang Wen, Wenjuan Lv and Guangtai Shi
A spiral axial-flow blade pump (SABP) is an indispensable device in the closed gathering and transporting technology of oil and natural gas exploitation; it can not only transport a gas?liquid mixture with a high gas content, but also transport a gas?liq...
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Haigang Wen, Luyao Li, Guangtai Shi, Haijun Ma and Xiaodong Peng
A spiral axial-flow blade pump (SABP), as the core piece of equipment in the oil and natural gas closed-gathering and transportation process, can not only transport gas?liquid mixtures with a high gas content, but can also transport gas?liquid?solid mixt...
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