| Effect of Runner Blade Thicknesson Flow Characteristics of aFrancis Turbine Model at LowFlowrates |
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학술지명 Journal of Fluids Enginering
저자 조용,최종웅,김승준,김진혁,최영석
발표일 2020-01-23
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Francis turbines are often used for generating hydroelectric power, but their performancecharacteristics significantly depend on the operating conditions. In particular, interbladevortices in the passages between runner blades can occur at low flowrates, whichcan degrade performance, and increase vibrations and instability during operation. In aprevious study, we showed that the hydraulic performance and flow characteristicsdepend on the flow passage area of runner blades under low-flowrate conditions. Undersuch operating conditions, the runner blade thickness can affect the interblade vortexcharacteristics, and in turn, affect the performance of the turbine. In this study, we investigatedthe effect of runner blade thicknesses in the presence of interblade vortices underlow flowrates; steady- and unsteady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier?Stokes equationswere solved using a shear stress transport as a turbulence model. The interblade vorticeswere described well at the near leading and trailing edges near the hub. These vortexregions showed flow separation and stagnation flow, and the interblade vortex characteristicswere dependent on the high-magnitude unsteady pressures at the low-frequencyregion. For the same guide vane opening, at lower flowrates, higher blockage ratiosreduced interblade vortex formation and unsteady pressure. |