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Good evening,

Thank you for your response, and my apologies for the confusion regarding the topics. I am seeking to optimize partially immersed water wheels across various configurations. These wheels are typically employed in mills, as shown below:

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Could you recommend or assist in ...

And the last picture with 16x straight blades, open waters

Good evening,

Assuming that "Neptune_CFD", that I don't have, is mandantory for a bi-phasic experimentation, I tested "only" immerse parts of the wheel with the followings conditions:

Test Conditions

Flow Velocity: 2.0 m/s, static wheels.
Blade Configuration: 16 blades, 20 cm maximum submergence ...

Hello,

I am learning to use "Code Saturne" and I'd like to study/optimize water wheels, do you have any advises to make it work please?

Many thanks