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A Study on Hydraulic Performance of Francis Turbine for Small Hydropower Plants (소수력 발전용 상용 프란시스 수차의 유동해석을 통한 성능 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Ju-Seok;Kim, Ok-Sam;Kim, Il-Soo;Chun, Chul-Kyun;Moon, Chae-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2005
  • Francis turbine of commercial small hydropower plants under 10kw which is investigate a flow characterist and an efficiency in the research which it sees, the problem and an improvement is investigate. In the research which it is simply model with casing, guide-vane, runner, draft tube for simulation numerical analysis of small-sized Francis turbine. Model uses the Gambit and it composes with approximately 800,000 non-uniform lattices. Solutions are investigate the hydraulic characteristics against an outward angle of guide vane, the number of guide vane, head(inlet velocity) by using FLUENT which is a commercial business code.

A Study on the Reliability Improvement of the Turbine Control Valve System in Nuclear and Thermal Power Plants (원자력/화력발전소의 터빈제어밸브시스템의 신뢰성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Yang, Jong Dae;Yang, Seok Jo;Lee, Yong Bum
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.93-100
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    • 2019
  • Nuclear and thermal power plants must provide the turbines with an appropriate degree of high temperature and high pressure steam, to produce the optimum electricity. Additionally, in the event of system and power system failure during electrical production, the steam is immediately disabled, to protect the turbines and generators rotating at high speed. The plant thus uses a special steam control valve system for turbine control, which is opened by force of the hydraulic servo actuator and closed by a large steel spring force. In this study, the causes of failure of the turbine control valve system, a key device of the power plants, were analyzed, and the causes of failure were improved relative to reliability of the equipment.

Hydraulic Performance Characteristics of Kaplan Turbine (카프란수차의 수력학적 성능특성)

  • Lee C. H.;Park W. S.
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.443-446
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    • 2005
  • The Kaplan turbine model has been tested and analyzed. The blade angle and the guide vane opening of the turbine model were designed to be varied according to the best combination of guide vane and runner blade opening. When the changes in head and output were comparatively large, the efficiency drop were small, so the efficiency characteristics and stability of the entire operating condition were maintained in good condition. These results showed that the developed model in this study will be suitable for small hydro power stations with large changes in head and load.

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A study on the dynamics of a turbine-meter-type flowmeter for hydraulic systems

  • Yokota, Shinichi;Kim, Do-Tae;Suzuki, Kenji
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.60-65
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    • 1994
  • In this study, the dynamic characteristics of a turbine-meter-type flowmeter is investigated by making use of the remote instantaneous flow rate measurement method (RIFM). The results of the frequency response test indicated that the gain of the flow rate of the turbine-meter-type flowmeter relative to the flow rate of the RIFM was nearly unity up to 40Hz and the phase lag of the flow rate became 90 degrees at 70Hz.

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Application of Flow Network Models of SINDA/FLUIN $T^{TM}$ to a Nuclear Power Plant System Thermal Hydraulic Code

  • Chung, Ji-Bum;Park, Jong-Woon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1998.05a
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    • pp.641-646
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    • 1998
  • In order to enhance the dynamic and interactive simulation capability of a system thermal hydraulic code for nuclear power plant, applicability of flow network models in SINDA/FLUIN $T^{™}$ has been tested by modeling feedwater system and coupling to DSNP which is one of a system thermal hydraulic simulation code for a pressurized heavy water reactor. The feedwater system is selected since it is one of the most important balance of plant systems with a potential to greatly affect the behavior of nuclear steam supply system. The flow network model of this feedwater system consists of condenser, condensate pumps, low and high pressure heaters, deaerator, feedwater pumps, and control valves. This complicated flow network is modeled and coupled to DSNP and it is tested for several normal and abnormal transient conditions such turbine load maneuvering, turbine trip, and loss of class IV power. The results show reasonable behavior of the coupled code and also gives a good dynamic and interactive simulation capabilities for the several mild transient conditions. It has been found that coupling system thermal hydraulic code with a flow network code is a proper way of upgrading simulation capability of DSNP to mature nuclear plant analyzer (NPA).

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Flow simulation and efficiency hill chart prediction for a Propeller turbine

  • Vu, Thi;Koller, Marcel;Gauthier, Maxime;Deschenes, Claire
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.243-254
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    • 2011
  • In the present paper, we focus on the flow computation of a low head Propeller turbine at a wide range of design and off-design operating conditions. First, we will present the results on the efficiency hill chart prediction of the Propeller turbine and discuss the consequences of using non-homologous blade geometries for the CFD simulation. The flow characteristics of the entire turbine will be also investigated and compared with experimental data at different measurement planes. Two operating conditions are selected, the first one at the best efficiency point and the second one at part load condition. At the same time, for the same selected operating points, the numerical results for the entire turbine simulation will be compared with flow simulation with our standard stage calculation approach which includes only guide vane, runner and draft tube geometries.

Effect of Nozzle Shape on the Performance and Internal Flow of a Cross-Flow Hydro Turbine (횡류수차 노즐형상이 성능과 내부유동에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Young-Do;Lim, Jae-Ik;Kim, You-Taek;Lee, Young-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.45-51
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of nozzle shape on the performance and internal flow of a cross-flow hydro turbine. CFD analysis for three kinds of nozzle shape is conducted to simulate the effect of nozzle shape. The results reveal that relatively narrow nozzle width is effective to increase the turbine efficiency and output power. Almost output power is achieved at Stage 1. Therefore, optimum design of the nozzle shape is necessary to improve the turbine performance. Recirculation flow in the runner passage decreases the turbine efficiency and output power because the flow make hydraulic loss and collision loss in the region. Air should be put into the runner passage and the recirculating flow should be suppressed by the air layer in the runner.

Basic Cavitation Analysis of a Micro Tubular Turbine by CFD (CFD에 의한 소형 튜블러 수차의 캐비테이션 기초해석)

  • Nam, Sang-Hyun;Kim, You-Taek;Choi, Young-Do;Lee, Young-Ho;Hwang, Young-Cheol
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.408-411
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    • 2007
  • The small hydropower uses hydraulic power to generate electricity, which one of the future energy resources of the power industry. The tubular turbine which uses in the city water pipe lines's differential pressure electricity is produced, this structure is simple, and therefore advantageous. The effects of cavitation that occurs in the turbine is researched, By using CFD we analysed the flow pattern inside the turbine. As a result, we found out to become the performance fall of turbine.

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Tidal Current Power Generation by a Darrieus Type Water Turbine at the Side of a Bridge Pier

  • Kyozuka, Yusaku;Wakahama, Hisanori
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2006
  • There are several advantages to make use of a bridge pier for the tidal power generation. Current velocity increases near the pier, therefore the tidal power generation becomes more efficient because the power is proportional to the cubic of the current velocity. The pier is convenient for access and maintenance of the hydraulic turbine and the power unit. The project is now underway at the Ikitsuki Bridge in Tatsuno-Seto Strait of Nasasaki Prefecture, where the tidal current was measured by the bottom mount ADCP for almost one year. Model experiments for a Darrieus water turbine with two and three straight blades were carried out in the circulating water channel, in which the power coefficients of the turbine were obtained as a function of blade section and the attaching angle of a blade to the rotor. Those experimental results are discussed to obtain an optimum Darrieus turbine for tidal power generation.

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