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Water tunnel turbulence intensity investigation for micro-hydrokinetic turbine application

Water tunnel turbulence intensity investigation for micro-hydrokinetic turbine application / Viknaraj Subramaniam
Terowong air digunakan untuk menyiasat kelakuan hidrodinamik badan yang direndam dalam kajian dinamik bendalir. Terowong air adalah penting untuk menyediakan keadaan terkawal untuk penyelidikan aliran bendalir. Prinsip operasi terowong air adalah sama dengan terowong angin tetapi dengan cecair yang berbeza dan keupayaan mengepam aliran yang lebih tinggi. Ujian seperti visualisasi aliran dalam terowong angin lebih sukar dilakukan kerana aliran turbulen dalam angin menghilang dengan cepat sementara terowong air lebih sesuai untuk tujuan tersebut kerana kelikatan bendalir yang lebih tinggi. Walau bagaimanapun, pergolakan di bahagian ujian mestilah rendah untuk menghasilkan hasil yang sah. Kerja-kerja ini memberi tumpuan kepada peningkatan kriteria reka bentuk untuk setiap komponen dan untuk memaksimumkan prestasi terowong air yang telah dibangunkan sebelum ini dari segi pengurangan intensiti pergolakan dan peningkatan keseragaman aliran. Kriteria reka bentuk beberapa komponen utama dikaji dan diubah untuk mengurangkan keamatan pergolakan. Komponen yang diubahsuai, direka dan dipasang untuk melengkapkan terowong air yang diubah suai. Kajian ini juga merangkumi analisis kuantitatif pada profil halaju dan keseragaman aliran air. Ini dilakukan dengan mengumpul data halaju pada setiap titik di bahagian silang dalam pengaliran air. Hasilnya kemudiannya digunakan untuk plot graf keseragaman dan untuk mengira intensiti pergolakan di bahagian uji terowong air. Keamatan pergolakan di bahagian ujian dengan semua perubahan dan komponen baru yang dipasang menghasilkan minimum sebanyak 6.77%. Reka bentuk sebelumnya menghasilkan peratusan intensiti pergolakan sebanyak 9.66%. Oleh itu, intensiti pergolakan dalam terowong air dapat dikurangkan sebanyak 29.92%. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Water tunnel is used to investigate the hydrodynamic behavior of immersed body in fluid dynamics study. Water tunnel is essential to provide a controlled condition for fluid flow research. The operational principle of water tunnel is identical to the wind tunnel but with different working fluid and higher flow-pumping capacity. Tests such as flow visualization in wind tunnel is more difficult to be conducted as turbulent flows in wind dissipate quickly whilst water tunnel is more suitable for such purpose due to higher fluid viscosity. However, the turbulence in the test section must be less than 10% or lower in order to produce a valid result. The present work focuses on improving the design criteria for each components and to maximize the performance of the water tunnel that was developed previously in terms of turbulence intensity reduction and improvement in flow uniformity. The design criteria of several primary components are studied and altered to reduce the turbulence intensity. The modified components were designed, fabricated and assembled to complete the modified water tunnel. This study also includes quantitative analysis on the velocity profiles and uniformity of the water flow at the test section. This is done by collecting data of the velocity at every point in the cross-section of water flow. That result was then used to plot the uniformity graph and to calculate the turbulence intensity in the water tunnel test section. The final turbulence intensity in the test section with the modifications made yielded a minimum result of 6.77%. The previous design yielded a turbulence intensity percentage of 9.66% comparatively. Thus, the turbulence intensity in the water tunnel was reduced by 29.92 %.
Contributor(s):
Viknaraj Subramaniam - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875008188
Language:
English
Subject Keywords:
tunnel; hydrodynamic; fluid
First presented to the public:
6/1/2019
Original Publication Date:
7/9/2019
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Aerospace Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 93
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Date Deposited
2019-07-09 17:31:55.308
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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