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T. Setoguchi, K. Kaneko, H. Maeda, T. W. Kim and M. Inoue, “Impulse Turbine with Self-Pitch-Controlled Guide Vanes for Power Conversion: Performance of Mono-Vane type,” International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1993, pp. 73-78.

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• TITLE: A Twin Unidirectional Impulse Turbine for Wave Energy Conversion

  AUTHORS: Shinya Okuhara, Manabu Takao, Akiyasu Takami, Toshiaki Setoguchi

  KEYWORDS: Fluid Machinery; Impulse Turbine; Wave Energy Conversion; Ocean Energy

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Vol.2 No.4A, January 2, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A twin unidirectional impulse turbine has been proposed in order to enhance the performance of wave energy plant. This turbine system uses two unidirectional impulse turbines and their flow direction is different each other. However, the effect of guide vane solidity on the turbine characteristics has not been clarified to date. The performances of a uni- directional impulse turbine under steady flow conditions were investigated experimentally by using a wind tunnel with large piston/cylinder in this study. Then, mean efficiency of the twin impulse turbine in bidirectional airflow has been estimated by a quasi-steady analysis using experimental results in order to investigate the effect of guide vane solidity on the performance.