For some special tailrace tunnels in the hydropower stations, including the changing top-altitude tailrace tunnel and the tailrace tunnel with downstream reused flat-ceiling diversion tunnel, during normal operation and hydraulic transients, the flow patterns inside are relatively complex mainly including the free-surface pressurized flow and partial free flow if the tail water level is lower than the top elevation of tunnel’s outlet. These complex flow patterns have obvious effect on system’s stability, and can not be simulated accurately by the traditional models. Therefore, a characteristic implicit model is introduced to simulate these complex flow patterns for further stability analysis. In some special cases, the characteristic implicit model also fails to completely simulate the mixed free-surface pressurized flow in the flat-ceiling tailrace tunnel. A new method is presented based on both experimental research and numerical simulation, and then, system’s stability is analyzed by compared with traditional ordinary boundary condition. The results indicate that, with different simulation models for the complex water flow in the tailrace tunnel, system’s dynamic characteristic can be actually revealed with the consideration of the effect of complex flow patterns in the tailrace tunnel on system’s stability and regulation performance.
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ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting
July 7–11, 2013
Incline Village, Nevada, USA
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Stability Analysis of Hydropower Stations With Complex Flow Patterns in the Tailrace Tunnel
Ming Hu
Ming Hu
Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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Jianxu Zhou
Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Fulin Cai
Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Ming Hu
Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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FEDSM2013-16617, V002T11A011; 9 pages
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December 13, 2013
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Zhou, J, Cai, F, & Hu, M. "Stability Analysis of Hydropower Stations With Complex Flow Patterns in the Tailrace Tunnel." Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Volume 2, Fora: Cavitation and Multiphase Flow; Fluid Measurements and Instrumentation; Microfluidics; Multiphase Flows: Work in Progress. Incline Village, Nevada, USA. July 7–11, 2013. V002T11A011. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2013-16617
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