A review on hydro power plants and turbines

The Blade's Angle Affects Banki-Turbine Performance as an Alternative Design for Clean Energy Generation

“…The banki-turbine has a height (H) of 130 mm, an outer diameter (D) of 80mm, an inner diameter (d) of 60mm, and a thickness of 2mm. The zones in the banki-turbine model are divided into two, a rotating zone and a stationary zone [8,13,15]. The rotating zone is the runner zone and the rotating interface, and the stationary zone is the runner's home zone and boundary conditions.…”

“…The banki-turbine modeling is carried out in three dimensions in a steady state [7,8]. The schematic of the modeling is shown in Figure 8.…”

“…The schematic of the modeling is shown in Figure 8. The turbulence type used in this study is SST [7,8,14]. This study uses the SST turbulence type because it has a higher error rate.…”

“…The component used in converting hydropower into electrical energy is a turbine. In this decade, research on water turbines has increased, both experimental study [3][4][5] and research modeling [6][7][8]. In addition, a number of scholarly articles that take the form of literature reviews have been written and published on the subject of hydro turbines [9][10][11].…”

“…The Savonius turbine and the banki-turbine are quite popular turbines developed because they both have a simple shape and can be operated using air or water fluids. Changes in geometry are still the primary research to improve turbine performance, such as PSA [13], Aspect Ratio [14], Number of blades [8,15], Overlap ratio [16], Number of stages [6], and shape of blade [3]. However, apart from the geometric aspect, several other factors also influence, such as the rotor material factor [17][18][19][20].…”