Improvement of undershot water wheel performance through virtual prototyping

Abstract

This study is based on prior research and aims to improve stream wheel performance based on virtual prototyping. Examined stream wheel structure is developed in several vairants concerning its blades number, geometry and dimensions. Final result shows nearly 50% power output increase for some load cases. The research presents another advantage of virtual prototyping-for design variants evaluation without need for expensive physical prototyping and testing.