%0 Journal Article
%T Experimental investigation of a liquid turbine in a full performance test rig
%A Haisheng Chen
%A Hongyang Li
%A Wen Li
%A Xuehui Zhang
%A Yangli Zhu
%A Zhitao Zuo
%J Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
%@ 2041-2967
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0957650918785793
%X In traditional industrial systems, a liquid expander can be used as a substitute for a throttling valve to improve system efficiency and economy. In this paper, the research and development of liquid expanders was reviewed. A set of experimental procedures were presented and an experimental test rig was built to examine the performance of a liquid turbine, which is a model machine of the liquid expander used in the supercritical compressed air energy storage system. At the rated condition, the flow rate of the liquid turbine is 60.7£¿kg/s, the differential pressure is 0.662£¿MPa, the output power is 30.44£¿kW, and the efficiency is 75.16%. The experimental results indicate successful construction of the test rig, which fully demonstrates the advantages of a semi-open and semi-closed system. The experimental results of the liquid turbine are of practical value for verification and development of the liquid expander in supercritical compressed air energy storage system
%K Liquid turbine
%K full performance curve
%K test rig
%K Joule¨CThomson valves
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957650918785793