International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems

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Pressure Pulsation Characteristics of a Model Pump-turbine Operating in the S-shaped Region: CFD Simulations

  • Xia, Linsheng (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University) ;
  • Cheng, Yongguang (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University) ;
  • Cai, Fang (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University)
  • Received : 2015.11.04
  • Accepted : 2017.03.06
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

The most detrimental pressure pulsations in high-head pump-turbines is caused by the rotor-stator interaction (RSI) between the guide vanes and runner blades. When the pump-turbine operates in the S-shaped region of the characteristic curves, the deteriorative flow structures may significantly strengthen RSI, causing larger pressure pulsations and stronger vibration with an increased risk of mechanical failure. CFD simulations were carried out to analyze the impacts of flow evolution on the pressure pulsations in the S-shaped region of a model pump-turbine. The results show that the reverse flow vortex structures (RFVS) at the runner inlet have regular development and transition patterns when discharge reduces from the best efficiency point (BEP). The RFVS first occur at the hub side, and then shift to the mid-span near the no-load point, which cause the strongest pressure pulsations. The locally distributed RFVS at hub side enhance the local RSI and makes the pressure fluctuations at the corresponding sections stronger than those at the rest sections along the spanwise direction. Under the condition of RFVS at the mid-span, the smaller flow rate make the smaller difference of pressure pulsation amplitudes in the spanwise direction. Moreover, the rotating stall, rotating at 35.7%-62.5% of the runner rotational frequency, make the low frequency components of pressure pulsations distribute unevenly along the circumference in the vaneless space. However, it have little influence on the distributions of high components.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China

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