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turbine design method in connection with a material change of a runner disk (9a, 9b) of a
turbine runner (102), characterized in that the time required for a temperature of the runner disk (9a, 9b) at the time of starting a
turbine (3) to reach a second temperature from a first temperature is the temperature
rise time, and that the distance between the surfaces on an inlet side and an outlet side of the runner disk (9a, 9b) is a distance between the surfaces, wherein the turbine design method comprises: determining a temperature
rise time ratio, which is a desired ratio of the temperature
rise time after the material change to the temperature rise time before the material change; determining the distance between the surfaces after the material change based on the determined temperature rise
time ratio;Determining a shape of the
impeller disk (9a, 9b) after the material change based on the determined distance between the surfaces; and designing the turbine (3) while the determined shape of the
impeller disk (9a, 9b) is reflected in the turbine
impeller (102), and wherein the temperature rise time is defined by the following formula: t = c⋅m⋅L / (k⋅S), where “c” is a
specific heat of the impeller disk (9a, 9b), “m” is a weight of the impeller disk (9a, 9b), “L” is a distance between the surfaces, “k” is a
thermal conductivity of the impeller disk (9a, 9b), and “S” is a cross-sectional area of an annular section with a central axis of the impeller disk (9a, 9b) as its center point.