Sediment Erosion on Pelton Turbines: A Review

Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Table 3 Numerical simulation method on the silt erosion of Pelton turbines

Name	Time	Computation method	Computation object	Cells/Particles	CFD code	Computation model	Erosion model
Zeng et al. [119, 120]	2014 2015	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Injector	2949000	Fluent	Volume of Fluid (VOF) DPM RNG k-ε	Finnie
Cao et al. [127]	2014	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Injector	‒	Fluent	VOF DPM Standard k-ε	Generic
Su et al. [108]	2014	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	One bucket	269183	Fluent	DPM Standard k-ε	Tabakoff and Grant
Cao et al. [109, 110]	2015	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	One bucket	915000	Fluent	DPM Standard k-ε	Tabakoff and Grant
Nath [128]	2017	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Five buckets	2006527	Fluent	VOF DPM Standard k-ε	Generic
Messa et al. [121]	2019	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Injector	3423114	STAR CCM⁺	VOF Lagrangian particle tracking model	Oka DNV
Sebastián et al. [112]	2020	FVPM	Three buckets	85000	‒	Tait state equation Standard k-ε	Multi-scale erosion model
Guo et al. [122]	2020	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Injector	3430000	Fluent	VOF DPM SST k-ω	Mansouri’s model [129]
Ge et al. [123]	2021	Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Runner	3857916	Fluent	VOF DPM SST k-ω	Generic
Guo et al. [124]	2021	A new Eulerian-Lagrangian method	Injector and three buckets	2700000	Fluent	VOF DPM SST k-ω	‒