Experimental Evaluation of Advanced Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw Geometries
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 8
Abstract
There is increasing interest in the application of Archimedes hydrodynamic screws (AHS) to generate hydroelectric power. Although numerous theoretical and experimental investigations have been published on this application of AHS over the last decade, there have been no experimental evaluations in the literature of blade shapes other than the helicoid. This paper provides the results of bench-scale testing of three-dimensional (3D)-printed models to evaluate the performance of various shapes and parameters for AHS. Three different screws are investigated to experimentally compare the new blade shapes: the helicoid, strake, and reverse strake.
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Acknowledgments
This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under Award No. DE-EE0007247. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which was provided through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement and Technology Assistance Program Agreements between Percheron Power, LLC and Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division under US Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC05-76RL01830.
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Volume 144 • Issue 8 • August 2018
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Received: Jul 26, 2017
Accepted: Dec 21, 2017
Published online: Jun 13, 2018
Published in print: Aug 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Nov 13, 2018
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