Time-frequency domain characteristics analysis of a hydro-turbine governor system considering vortex rope excitation

Understanding and simulating the dynamic characteristics of the hydro-turbine governor system is essential to guarantee the safety of the hydro-power systems. This study proposes a modification method of the water head at the draft tube inlet, which is to discretize the draft tube and introduce the...

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Autores: Lei, Liuwei, Li, Feng, Xu, Beibei, Egusquiza Montagut, Mònica|||0000-0003-1777-1840, Luo, Xingqi, Zhang, Junzhi, Egusquiza Estévez, Eduard|||0000-0003-1007-7901, Chen, Diyi, Jiang, Wei, Patelli, Edoardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/380865
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/380865
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.10.074
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hydraulic turbines
Vortex rope
Hydro-turbine governor system
Modeling method
Francis turbine
Dynamic characteristics analysis
Turbines hidràuliques
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Motors::Turbines
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids
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Sumario:Understanding and simulating the dynamic characteristics of the hydro-turbine governor system is essential to guarantee the safety of the hydro-power systems. This study proposes a modification method of the water head at the draft tube inlet, which is to discretize the draft tube and introduce the excitation term of the vortex rope. The proposed approach is applied for the modeling of the hydro-turbine governor system. The proposed model (Model I) is verified by means of a comparison with a second model (Model II) of the hydro-turbine governor system model without considering the vortex rope and verified against the experimental data during the load reduction. The model developed is accurate providing errors of the water head, inlet water head and flow of the hydro-turbine for Model ¿ are within ±3.3%, ±2% and ±5%, respectively. The proposed model overcomes the limitations of Model ¿ in the time-domain and frequency-domain since that only provides the average pressure at the draft tube, which do not reflect the pressure fluctuation and energy fluctuation. Instead the proposed model allows to capture and model the energy fluctuation during the load reduction as shown in the experimental results. The proposed model promotes the development of the hydro-turbine governor system model.