Investigation on pump as turbine (PAT) technical aspects for micro hydropower schemes: A state-of-the-art review

M Binama, WT Su, XB Li, FC Li, XZ Wei, S An - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy is unarguably the key factor for today's economic and social development within
nations. Electricity as one of many energy forms is a critical input to developing countries in …

On the study of transitional low-Reynolds number flows over airfoils operating at high angles of attack and their prediction using transitional turbulence models

J Wauters, J Degroote - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
In this survey paper transitional turbulence modeling is approached from the point of view
relevant to small unmanned aerial vehicles (span≈ 1 m), of which the flow is characterized …

Identification of flow phenomena over NACA 4412 wind turbine airfoil at low Reynolds numbers and role of laminar separation bubble on flow evolution

K Koca, MS Genç, HH Açıkel, M Çağdaş, TM Bodur - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective of this study is to elucidate relationship with aerodynamic properties and vortex
shedding from suction surface and wake of wind turbine blade at low Reynolds numbers …

Study on flow separation and transition of the airfoil in low Reynolds number

H Dong, T Xia, L Chen, S Liu, YD Cui, BC Khoo… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
As typical flow characteristics in a low Reynolds number, laminar separation bubbles (LSBs)
and transition to turbulence over airfoils have been extensively studied in recent years. In …

Lift improvements using duty-cycled plasma actuation at low Reynolds numbers

X Meng, H Hu, X Yan, F Liu, S Luo - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
An experimental study on active flow control over an elliptic airfoil is performed using an
alternating-current dielectric-barrier-discharge (AC-DBD) plasma actuator combined with the …

An experimental study of a bio-inspired corrugated airfoil for micro air vehicle applications

JT Murphy, H Hu - Experiments in fluids, 2010 - Springer
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of a bio-
inspired corrugated airfoil compared with a smooth-surfaced airfoil and a flat plate at the …

Effect of varying frequency of a synthetic jet on flow separation over an airfoil

M Kim, EE Essel, PE Sullivan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
An experimental investigation on the effects of the synthetic jet actuator (SJA) was
conducted on a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 0025 airfoil in a low-speed …

Mechanisms of surface pressure distribution within a laminar separation bubble at different Reynolds numbers

D Lee, S Kawai, T Nonomura, M Anyoji, H Aono… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Mechanisms behind the pressure distribution and skin friction within a laminar separation
bubble (LSB) are investigated by large-eddy simulations around a 5% thickness blunt flat …

On the wake pattern of symmetric airfoils for different incidence angles at Re= 1000

DF Kurtulus - International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
In the current study, numerical simulations are performed in order to investigate effects of
incidence angle and airfoil thickness on alternating vortex pattern of symmetric airfoils at …

Hydrodynamics of a pump-turbine operating at off-design conditions in generating mode

V Hasmatuchi - 2012 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Modern pump-turbines are subject to frequent switching between the pumping and
generating modes with extended operation under off-design conditions. Depending on the …