Publication detail

Energy transformation and flow topology in an elbow draft tube

ŠTEFAN, D. RUDOLF, P. SKOTÁK, A. MOTYČÁK, L.

Czech title

Energetické přeměny a topologie proudění v kolenové sací troubě

English title

Energy transformation and flow topology in an elbow draft tube

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

Paper presents a computational study of energy transformation in two geometrical configurations of Kaplan turbine elbow draft tube. Pressure recovery, hydraulic efficiency and loss coefficient are evaluated for a series of flow rates and swirl numbers corresponding to operating regimes of the turbine. These integral characteristics are then correlated with local flow field properties identified by extraction of topological features. Main reason is to find the reasons for hydraulic efficiency drop of the elbow draft tube.

Czech abstract

Práce se zabývá studií energetické přeměny v kolenové sací troubě Kaplanovi turbíny. Hodnoty hydraulické účinnosti, koeficientu regenerace tlaku a ztrátového součinitele byly vyhodnoceny pro několik hodnot průtoku odpovídajícíh provozním bodům turbíny. Tyto integrální charakteristiky jsou později použity k vyhodnocení energetické bilance s ohledem na lokální charakter proudového pole, popsaného pomocí topologie čar smykového tření.

English abstract

Paper presents a computational study of energy transformation in two geometrical configurations of Kaplan turbine elbow draft tube. Pressure recovery, hydraulic efficiency and loss coefficient are evaluated for a series of flow rates and swirl numbers corresponding to operating regimes of the turbine. These integral characteristics are then correlated with local flow field properties identified by extraction of topological features. Main reason is to find the reasons for hydraulic efficiency drop of the elbow draft tube.

Keywords in Czech

sací trouba, hydraulická účinnost, koeficient regenerace tlaku, topologie proudění

Keywords in English

draft tube, hydraulic efficiency, pressure recovery, flow topology

RIV year

2011

Released

07.11.2011

Publisher

ZČU - Plzeň

Location

Plzeň

ISBN

978-80-261-0027-0

Book

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS 2011, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

Pages from–to

55–56

Pages count

2

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT75629,
  author="David {Štefan} and Pavel {Rudolf} and Aleš {Skoták} and Lukáš {Motyčák},
  title="Energy transformation and flow topology in an elbow draft tube",
  booktitle="COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS 2011, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS",
  year="2011",
  month="November",
  pages="55--56",
  publisher="ZČU - Plzeň",
  address="Plzeň",
  isbn="978-80-261-0027-0"
}