Optimization design of Goose-Leg waterwheel next-G to extract energy of free water flow

Design and analysis of goose-leg waterwheel next-G using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

“…Contour the water pressure of the goose-leg waterwheel next-G without foot blade [23] The design of a waterwheel with a blade that can open and close as shown in Fig. 6 proves to increase the value of moment pressure.…”

“…Iteration results of the goose-leg waterwheel next-G without foot blade simulation [23] 020050-6 FIGURE 9. Contour the water pressure of the goose-leg waterwheel next-G without foot blade [23] The design of a waterwheel with a blade that can open and close as shown in Fig.…”

“…Conventional turbines require a large potential energy and almost ignore kinetic energy. In contrast to turbines, free water flows the kinetic energy is the main component to be extracted, so the use of conventional turbines in free water flow becomes unsuitable [23].…”

“…When compared to a waterwheel with no feet, it can be seen with a goose-leg waterwheel with 8 feet of the blade having a greater torque moment with a waterwheel that is without the blades [23]. Increased torque up to 6 times this moment is caused by the water force and the rotation produced by the feet of the blade on the goose-leg waterwheel.…”

Performance Investigation of the Immersed Depth Effects on a Water Wheel Using Experimental and Numerical Analyses

“…Similar experiments were conducted by Ilaria Butera et al [31]; for a better performance, they suggested that the minimum distance between the canal wall and the side of the wheel should be 0.3 times the width of the wheel. Experiments and numerical simulations were also contributed to study the environmental effects for floating and stream water wheels [32][33][34][35][36], which demonstrated that a trailing vortex may generate local erosion, but environmental effects may be minimal. In addition, Emanuele Quaranta [37] presented the guidelines for a stream water wheel.…”