Simulation of Fluid Flow through Porous Media Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chen ◽  
Tong Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics ◽  
Flow Through Porous Media ◽  
Particle Hydrodynamics ◽  
Smoothed Particle ◽  
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method ◽  
Flow Through

scholarly journals Investigation of the Configuration of Small Hydropower using a Novel Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 945 (1) ◽  
pp. 012039
Author(s):  
Shu Kai Ng ◽  
Akihiko Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Fluid Structure Interactions ◽  
Small Hydropower ◽  
Particle Hydrodynamics ◽  
Smoothed Particle ◽  
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Cfd Method

Abstract A novel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method utilizing Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) has been developed and applied to a simulation of flows in small hydropower systems. The simulation of the flow through a gravitational vortex turbine (GVT) small hydropower system where the flow is directed to a circular basin with a vertical-axis turbine, harnessing the rotational energy of the vortex formed to drive the turbine. Two modes of Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) were tested with identical flow conditions to evaluate the potential of this method to simulate complex FSI scenarios. It was found that simulation results for both one-way and two-way interactions produced reasonable results. The two-way interaction result proved to reflect more accurate FSI scenarios, but more studies are needed to provide validation.

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