@inproceedings{f52a12b7d82f465e825b221ed0c692cc,
title = "Zuppinger water wheel for very low-head hydropower application",
abstract = "Very low-head hydropower sites are abundantly available on small rivers, streams, irrigation canals, headworks or at wastewater facilities. However, lack of economically and ecologically viable technologies has been impeding these sites from being utilised for hydropower. The Zuppinger water wheel, with its high efficiencies over a wide operating range, is a potential device for very low head applications. The efficiencies of around 75% quoted in the literature reflect that there still exists a potential to improve the wheel performance through a better understanding of the flow physics around the wheel. For this reason, a testrig with a Zuppinger water wheel model and a non-intrusive velocity measurement technique, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is developed. In this paper, the experimental set-up, PIV instrumentation, and the special requirements on the set-up imposed by the water wheel are discussed and preliminary results are presented.",
keywords = "PIV, hydropower, very low-head, Zuppinger, water wheel",
author = "Shakun Paudel and Martin Weber and Dirk Geyer and Nicole Saenger",
year = "2017",
month = jul,
day = "5",
doi = "10.18690/978-961-286-055-4.3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789612860554",
series = "SEEP",
publisher = "University of Maribor Press",
pages = "25--34",
editor = "Jurij Krope and Olabi, {Abdul Ghani} and Gori{\v c}anec, {Darko } and Stanislav Bo{\v z}i{\v c}nik",
booktitle = "10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment Protection",
address = "Slovenia",
}