Pressure fluctuation is a common problem in large-scale hydraulic turbine, which will affect the performance of the water turbines, such as negatively affecting the efficiency, increasing the damage of related components and decreasing the life span, bringing up great potential troubles to the operation safety of large-scale water turbines. The mechanism how the pressure fluctuation appears is due to the low-frequency pressure pulsation in the draft tube and the mid-frequency pressure pulsation generated by dynamic and static interferences before the runner transmit upstream, and the low-frequency and mid-frequency pressure pulsation in the front of the runner, guide vanes, fixed vanes and the inlet of the volute. To study the relationship between the capacity and the pressure fluctuation of the water turbine, the CFD calculation was performed on the water turbine and the results of the calculation were compared with the measurements in this study. The model of water turbine studied in this paper is Baihetan HEC_1014-type. The computations were carried out in the whole runner blade passage and the boundary conditions were set as the same as the experimental conditions. The unsteady state flow of the turbine was computed. The effects of turbulence were modeled with standard κ-ε turbulence model. The inner flow field and the pressure fluctuation were obtained from the calculation using the solver of Fluent. And the results of simulation are compared with the experimental results.
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ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
August 1–5, 2010
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Conference Sponsors:
- Fluids Engineering Division
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Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study of the Pressure Fluctuation in Water Turbines
Ru-Zhi Gong,
Ru-Zhi Gong
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Hong-Jie Wang,
Hong-Jie Wang
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Wan-Jiang Liu,
Wan-Jiang Liu
Harbin Institute of Large Electrical Machinery, Harbin, China
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Da-Qing Qin,
Da-Qing Qin
Harbin Institute of Large Electrical Machinery, Harbin, China
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Feng-Chen Li
Feng-Chen Li
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Ru-Zhi Gong
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Hong-Jie Wang
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Wan-Jiang Liu
Harbin Institute of Large Electrical Machinery, Harbin, China
Da-Qing Qin
Harbin Institute of Large Electrical Machinery, Harbin, China
Feng-Chen Li
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30283, pp. 167-172; 6 pages
Published Online:
March 1, 2011
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Gong, R, Wang, H, Liu, W, Qin, D, & Li, F. "Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study of the Pressure Fluctuation in Water Turbines." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting collocated with 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. ASME 2010 3rd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting: Volume 1, Symposia – Parts A, B, and C. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August 1–5, 2010. pp. 167-172. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30283
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