Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine
Pumped Hydropower Storage (PHS) is the maturest and most economically viable technology for storing energy and regulating the electrical grid on a large scale. Due to the growing amount of intermittent renewable energy sources, the necessity of maintaining grid stability increases. Most PHS faciliti...
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| description | Pumped Hydropower Storage (PHS) is the maturest and most economically viable technology for storing energy and regulating the electrical grid on a large scale. Due to the growing amount of intermittent renewable energy sources, the necessity of maintaining grid stability increases. Most PHS facilities today require a geographical topology with large differences in elevation. The ALPHEUS H2020 EU project has the aim to develop PHS for flat geographical topologies. The present study was concerned with the initial design of a low-head model counter-rotating pump-turbine. The machine was numerically analysed during the shutdown and startup sequences using computational fluid dynamics. The rotational speed of the individual runners was decreased from the design point to stand-still and increased back to the design point, in both pump and turbine modes. As the rotational speeds were close to zero, the flow field was chaotic, and a large flow separation occurred by the blades of the runners. Rapid load variations on the runner blades and reverse flow were encountered in pump mode as the machine lost the ability to produce head. The loads were less severe in the turbine mode sequence. Frequency analyses revealed that the blade passing frequencies and their linear combinations yielded the strongest pulsations in the system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ad1fa22c08d47bd9b32c8f708d27e4a2023-11-22T00:25:59ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-06-011412359310.3390/en14123593Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-TurbineJonathan Fahlbeck0Håkan Nilsson1Saeed Salehi2Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, SwedenPumped Hydropower Storage (PHS) is the maturest and most economically viable technology for storing energy and regulating the electrical grid on a large scale. Due to the growing amount of intermittent renewable energy sources, the necessity of maintaining grid stability increases. Most PHS facilities today require a geographical topology with large differences in elevation. The ALPHEUS H2020 EU project has the aim to develop PHS for flat geographical topologies. The present study was concerned with the initial design of a low-head model counter-rotating pump-turbine. The machine was numerically analysed during the shutdown and startup sequences using computational fluid dynamics. The rotational speed of the individual runners was decreased from the design point to stand-still and increased back to the design point, in both pump and turbine modes. As the rotational speeds were close to zero, the flow field was chaotic, and a large flow separation occurred by the blades of the runners. Rapid load variations on the runner blades and reverse flow were encountered in pump mode as the machine lost the ability to produce head. The loads were less severe in the turbine mode sequence. Frequency analyses revealed that the blade passing frequencies and their linear combinations yielded the strongest pulsations in the system.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/12/3593hydropowerpumped hydro storagelow-headcounter-rotatingpump-turbinetransient sequences |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan Fahlbeck Håkan Nilsson Saeed Salehi Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine Energies hydropower pumped hydro storage low-head counter-rotating pump-turbine transient sequences |
| title | Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine |
| title_full | Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine |
| title_fullStr | Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine |
| title_short | Flow Characteristics of Preliminary Shutdown and Startup Sequences for a Model Counter-Rotating Pump-Turbine |
| title_sort | flow characteristics of preliminary shutdown and startup sequences for a model counter rotating pump turbine |
| topic | hydropower pumped hydro storage low-head counter-rotating pump-turbine transient sequences |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/12/3593 |
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