CFD study of a Pelton turbine runner: Comparison between traditional Eulerian and novel Lagrangian approaches

Hydroelectric power remains vital to global decarbonisation and grid stability, yet understanding and optimising turbine performance, especially complex impulse designs like Pelton turbines which has long been constrained by the limits of traditional CFD.

ZECO used Particleworks to compare conventional Eulerian methods with a novel Lagrangian Moving Particle Simulation (MPS) approach. The results showed major reductions in simulation time and revealed previously unseen flow details within the water jet, opening new possibilities for turbine design and performance optimisation.

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CFD study of a Pelton turbine runner: Comparison between traditional Eulerian and novel Lagrangian approaches

Hydroelectric power remains vital to global decarbonisation and grid stability, yet understanding and optimising turbine performance, especially complex impulse designs like Pelton turbines which has long been constrained by the limits of traditional CFD.

ZECO used Particleworks to compare conventional Eulerian methods with a novel Lagrangian Moving Particle Simulation (MPS) approach. The results showed major reductions in simulation time and revealed previously unseen flow details within the water jet, opening new possibilities for turbine design and performance optimisation.