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, stake, and reverse stake. (C) 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
Experimental Evaluation of Advanced Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw Geometries
Creators
Jerry L. Straalsund - President, Percheron Power LLC, 6855 W. Clearwater, A101-260, Kennewick, WA 99336.
Samuel F. Harding - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dirk M. Nuernbergk - Technical Consultant, D-99084 Erfurt, Germany.
Chris Rorres - Drexel University
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Publication Details
Journal of hydraulic engineering (New York, N.Y.), v 144(8)
Publisher
Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers
Number of pages
10
Grant note
DE-AC05-76RL01830 / Percheron Power, LLC
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; United States Department of Energy (DOE)
DE-AC05-76RL01830 / Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division under US Department of Energy
DE-EE0007247 / US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
[Retired Faculty]
Web of Science ID
WOS:000443504700013
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85048634476
Other Identifier
991019169558804721
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