TY  - JOUR
TI  - Development and implementation of a methodology for reverse engineering design of Francis turbine runners
AB  - Francis type hydraulic turbine runners have complex blade shapes.Runner blades have three dimensional profiles that direct the incomingflow. In this study, a reverse engineering methodology is developed forthe redesign of turbines. Traditional reverse engineering steps arecombined with the basics and flow dynamics of hydraulic turbines andapplied to two different turbine runners (which have different specificspeeds) of two different hydroelectric power plants in operation. Themethodology is first verified by application on the first runner andutilized for the redesign of the runner of another power plant. Thereasons for the reduced performance of the second runner are examinedwith the help of the new inverse engineering design methodology and arehabilitation study is performed. Thus, the runner which only provides70% of its installed capacity, is redesigned and can now utilize its fullcapacity.
AU  - CELEBİOGLU, Kutay
AU  - KAPLAN, Alper
DO  - 10.5505/pajes.2018.43959
PY  - 2019
JO  - Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
SN  - 2147-5881
SP  - 430
EP  - 439
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/347643
ER  -