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Flow Simulation of Jet Deviation by Rotating Pelton Buckets Using Finite Volume Particle Method

François Avellan, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh, Christian Vessaz

The objective of the present paper is to perform numerical simulations of a high-speed water jet impinging on rotating Pelton buckets using the finite volume particle method (FVPM), which combines attractive features of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH ...

2015

Application of real-time simulation for hydropower plants monitoring

Michel Sangkyu Han

The global emission of CO2 has increased in the sector of power generation from countries outside the OECD, particularly in China which comprises two-third of the share. Meanwhile, OECD countries focus their effort in reducing their emission, where the ind ...

EPFL2015

Surge Wave Propagation in a Common Tailrace Channel for Two Large Pumped-Storage Plants

Anton Schleiss, Giovanni De Cesare, Martin Peter Bieri, Stéphane Christian Olivier Terrier

Sudden starting and stopping of turbines and pumps lead to highly unsteady flow in tailrace channels of hydropower plants (HPP). Submergence of Pelton turbines and air entrainment in pumps due to surge waves must be avoided by technical measures. The exist ...

Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers2014

Optimization of a Shared Tailrace Channel of Two Pumped-Storage Plants by Physical and Numerical Modeling

Giovanni De Cesare, Martin Peter Bieri, Stéphane Christian Olivier Terrier, Sylvain Candolfi

Pump and turbine operations lead to head losses in the tailrace channel. Pumping discharge may be limited due to potential air entrainment into the pump shaft when the downstream reservoir is at its lowest level and the head losses are too high. Regarding ...

2014

Flow simulation of a Pelton bucket using finite volume particle method

François Avellan, Ebrahim Jahanbakhsh, Christian Vessaz

The objective of the present paper is to perform an accurate numerical simulation of the high-speed water jet impinging on a Pelton bucket. To reach this goal, the Finite Volume Particle Method (FVPM) is used to discretize the governing equations. FVPM is ...

International Association For Hydraulic Research2014

Increasing Wind Power Penetration in Autonomous Power Systems through No-Flow Operation of Pelton Turbines

Christophe Nicolet, Basile Kawkabani

The integration of wind power in power systems results in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, it has a positive environmental impact. However, the operation of these power systems becomes increasingly complex, owing mainly to random behaviour of ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2014

Analysis of the dynamic response of pump-turbine runners- Part I: Experiment

François Avellan, Mohamed Farhat, Xiaopeng Huang

When in operation, pump-turbine runners have to withstand large pressure pulsations generated by the rotor-stator interaction. The analysis of the dynamic behavior of these structures is necessary to avoid damage. For this analysis a realistic model of the ...

International Association For Hydraulic Research2012

Efficient runner safety assessment during early design phase and root cause analysis

Fatigue related problems in Francis turbines, especially high head Francis turbines, have been published several times in the last years. During operation the runner is exposed to various steady and unsteady hydraulic loads. Therefore the analysis of force ...

International Association For Hydraulic Research2012

Mathematical modelling of swirling flow in hydraulic turbines for the full operating range

François Avellan

We introduce and validate a novel mathematical model for computing the radial profiles of both axial and circumferential velocity components, respectively, of the swirling flow exiting the runner of hydraulic turbines within the full operating range. We as ...

Elsevier2011

Experimental investigation of a pump-turbine at off-design operating conditions

François Avellan, Mohamed Farhat, Pierre Maruzewski, Vlad Hasmatuchi

Pumped storage power plants are key components for the development of new renewable CO2-free primary energies and the security enhancement of electricity supply. They also offer interesting business opportunities in nowadays liberalized electricity market. ...

Brno University of Technology2009