Design criteria for a low cost water tunnel
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Some criteria are presented for the design of a Water tunnel, a kind of facility for experimental research related with Fluid Mechanics. Energy saving strategies and a compact configuration are proposed for increase their feasibility in countries like Colombia where they are not known in detail. Elements in the closed loop are classified in two zones, Main Zone and Pumping System; the latter will condition the configuration to make the coupling and close the circuit. It is proposed a design methodology and applied for a water tunnel design to be used in experimental tests for new Hydrokinetic Machines (HM) and Small Underwater Vehicles (SUV), both used in energy generation in small-scale renewable energy from water resources.
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