Abstract: The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games was held from August 8 to 24, 2008, which definitely drew attention from all walks of life at home and abroad. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was a great event, and there were huge demands ...

Abstract: A pump is not ideally designed to operate as a turbine. To improve the efficiency of a pump as turbine (PAT), the redesign of the PAT, according to the flow of the turbine, is required. ...

Abstract: The rotor-stator interaction of a rotating impeller and a stationary volute could cause strong pressure pulsations and generate flow induced noise and vibration in a pump used as a turbine ...

Abstract: Urban road infrastructure has significantly affected the popularity and use of public bike-sharing systems in many cities. Using the bike-sharing system of Xi’an, China, as a case study, this paper aims to discuss how the ...

Abstract: One of the limitations of using the pump-as-turbine (PAT) technique is its relatively narrow high-efficiency operating range. When the system pressure head or flow rate decreases, trimming the impeller or replacing the ...