Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison

Autores
Rivetti, Arturo; Lucino, Cecilia Verónica; Liscia, Sergio Oscar; Muguerza, D.; Avellan, François
Año de publicación
2012
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inglés
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Pressure pulsation phenomena in a large Kaplan turbine are investigated by means of numerical simulations (CFD) and prototype measurements in order to study the dynamic behavior of flow due to the blade passage and its interaction with other components of the turbine. Numerical simulations are performed with the commercial software Ansys CFX code, solving the incompressible Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged-Navier Stokes equations under a finite volume scheme. The computational domain involves the entire machine at prototype scale. Special care is taken in the discretization of the wicket gate overhang and runner blade gap. Prototype measurements are performed using pressure transducers at different locations among the wicket gate outlet and the draft tube inlet. Then, CFD results are compared with temporary signals of prototype measurements at identical locations to validate the numerical model. A detailed analysis was focused on the tip gap flow and the pressure field at the discharge ring. From a rotating reference frame perspective, it is found that the mean pressure fluctuates accordingly the wicket gate passage. Moreover, in prototype measurements the pressure frequency that reveals the presence of modulated cavitation at the discharge ring is distinguished, as also verified from the shape of erosion patches in concordance with the number of wicket gates.
Facultad de Ingeniería
Materia
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Pressure pulsation
Kaplan turbine
numerical simulations
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
title Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
spellingShingle Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
Rivetti, Arturo
Ingeniería
Pressure pulsation
Kaplan turbine
numerical simulations
title_short Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
title_full Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
title_fullStr Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
title_full_unstemmed Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
title_sort Pressure pulsation in Kaplan turbines: Prototype-CFD comparison
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rivetti, Arturo
Lucino, Cecilia Verónica
Liscia, Sergio Oscar
Muguerza, D.
Avellan, François
author Rivetti, Arturo
author_facet Rivetti, Arturo
Lucino, Cecilia Verónica
Liscia, Sergio Oscar
Muguerza, D.
Avellan, François
author_role author
author2 Lucino, Cecilia Verónica
Liscia, Sergio Oscar
Muguerza, D.
Avellan, François
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ingeniería
Pressure pulsation
Kaplan turbine
numerical simulations
topic Ingeniería
Pressure pulsation
Kaplan turbine
numerical simulations
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Pressure pulsation phenomena in a large Kaplan turbine are investigated by means of numerical simulations (CFD) and prototype measurements in order to study the dynamic behavior of flow due to the blade passage and its interaction with other components of the turbine. Numerical simulations are performed with the commercial software Ansys CFX code, solving the incompressible Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged-Navier Stokes equations under a finite volume scheme. The computational domain involves the entire machine at prototype scale. Special care is taken in the discretization of the wicket gate overhang and runner blade gap. Prototype measurements are performed using pressure transducers at different locations among the wicket gate outlet and the draft tube inlet. Then, CFD results are compared with temporary signals of prototype measurements at identical locations to validate the numerical model. A detailed analysis was focused on the tip gap flow and the pressure field at the discharge ring. From a rotating reference frame perspective, it is found that the mean pressure fluctuates accordingly the wicket gate passage. Moreover, in prototype measurements the pressure frequency that reveals the presence of modulated cavitation at the discharge ring is distinguished, as also verified from the shape of erosion patches in concordance with the number of wicket gates.
Facultad de Ingeniería
description Pressure pulsation phenomena in a large Kaplan turbine are investigated by means of numerical simulations (CFD) and prototype measurements in order to study the dynamic behavior of flow due to the blade passage and its interaction with other components of the turbine. Numerical simulations are performed with the commercial software Ansys CFX code, solving the incompressible Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged-Navier Stokes equations under a finite volume scheme. The computational domain involves the entire machine at prototype scale. Special care is taken in the discretization of the wicket gate overhang and runner blade gap. Prototype measurements are performed using pressure transducers at different locations among the wicket gate outlet and the draft tube inlet. Then, CFD results are compared with temporary signals of prototype measurements at identical locations to validate the numerical model. A detailed analysis was focused on the tip gap flow and the pressure field at the discharge ring. From a rotating reference frame perspective, it is found that the mean pressure fluctuates accordingly the wicket gate passage. Moreover, in prototype measurements the pressure frequency that reveals the presence of modulated cavitation at the discharge ring is distinguished, as also verified from the shape of erosion patches in concordance with the number of wicket gates.
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