Mechanical seals for pump turbine duties

1990 ◽  
pp. 417-422
Author(s):  
R.G. Albery
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Seals ◽  
Pump Turbine

scholarly journals Numerical analysis of an initial design of a counter-rotating pump-turbine

2021 ◽  
Vol 774 (1) ◽  
pp. 012066
Author(s):  
Jonathan Fahlbeck ◽  
Håkan Nilsson ◽  
Saeed Salehi ◽  
Mehrdad Zangeneh ◽  
Melvin Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Pump Turbine ◽  
Initial Design

scholarly journals Turbine mode start-up simulation of a variable speed Francis pump-turbine prototype – Part II: 3-D unsteady CFD and FEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 774 (1) ◽  
pp. 012070
Author(s):  
D. Biner ◽  
S. Alligné ◽  
V. Hasmatuchi ◽  
C. Nicolet ◽  
N. Hugo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Variable Speed ◽  
Pump Turbine ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Turbine Mode

scholarly journals Fatigue Life Prediction of a Pump Turbine Runner

2021 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
pp. 012025
Author(s):  
Q L He ◽  
T Liu ◽  
X L Yang ◽  
F N Chen ◽  
C Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Life ◽  
Life Prediction ◽  
Fatigue Life Prediction ◽  
Pump Turbine ◽  
Turbine Runner

Leakage Prediction in Mechanical Seals Under Hydrostatic Operating Condition

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Elhanafi ◽  
K. Farhang
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Mass Flow Rate ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Rough Surfaces ◽  
Mechanical Seals ◽  
Operating Condition ◽  
Form Equation ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
The Mean

This paper considers leakage in mechanical seals under hydrostatic operating condition. A contact model based on the Greenwood and Williamson contact of rough surfaces is developed for treating problems involving mechanical seals in which both the micron scale roughness of the seal face and its macro scale profile are used to obtain either a closed-form equation or a nonlinear equation relating mean plane separation to the mass flow rate. The equations involve the micron scale geometry of the rough surfaces and physical parameter of the seal and carriage. Under hydrostatic condition, it is shown that there is an approximate closed-form solution in which mass flow rate in terms of the mean plane separation, or alternatively, the mean plane separation in terms of the leakage mass flow rate is found. Equations pertaining to leakage in nominally flat seal macro profile is considered and closed form equation relating to leakage flow rate to pressure difference is obtained that contain macro and micron geometries of the seal.

Fluid Added Mass Effect in the Modal Response of a Pump-Turbine Impeller

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Egusquiza ◽  
Carme Valero ◽  
Quanwei Liang ◽  
Miguel Coussirat ◽  
Ulrich Seidel
Keyword(s):  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Mass Effect ◽  
Added Mass ◽  
Mode Shapes ◽  
Pump Turbine ◽  
Modal Response ◽  
Surrounding Fluid ◽  
Turbine Impeller ◽  
Good Agreement

In this paper, the reduction in the natural frequencies of a pump-turbine impeller prototype when submerged in water has been investigated. The impeller, with a diameter of 2.870m belongs to a pump-turbine unit with a power of around 100MW. To analyze the influence of the added mass, both experimental tests and numerical simulations have been carried out. The experiment has been performed in air and in water. From the frequency response functions the modal characteristics such as natural frequencies and mode shapes have been obtained. A numerical simulation using FEM (Finite Elements Model) was done using the same boundary conditions as in the experiment (impeller in air and surrounded by a mass of water). The modal behaviour has also been calculated. The numerical results were compared with the available experimental results. The comparison shows a good agreement in the natural frequency values both in air and in water. The reduction in frequency due to the added mass effect of surrounding fluid has been calculated. The physics of this phenomenon due to the fluid structure interaction has been investigated from the analysis of the mode-shapes.

scholarly journals Study on Reverse Running Pump Turbine.

1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (638) ◽  
pp. 3399-3405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi SHINHAMA ◽  
Junichiro FUKUTOMI ◽  
Yoshiyuki NAKASE ◽  
Yontao CHIN ◽  
Tadaaki KUWAUCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pump Turbine

Measurement of Unsteady Flow in Pump-Turbine for Hydropower Using PIV Method

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuhiko Fukuda ◽  
Satoshi Someya ◽  
Koji Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Velocity Measurement ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Hydraulic Turbine ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
High Time ◽  
Pump Turbine ◽  
Guide Vanes ◽  
Runner Blade ◽  
Wide Range

It is thought that the pressure fluctuation can occur due to the interaction between flow through guide vanes and flow into runner blades, resulting in a vibration of turbine and a blade cracking, in a hydraulic turbine operated in a wide range for flexible power demand. High accurate velocity measurement with high time/spatial resolution can help to clarify the mechanism of the interaction and to provide good experimental data for the validation of numerical procedure. So the aim of present study is to estimate the unstable velocity field quantitatively in the area between guide vanes and runner blades, using high time-resolved particle image velocimetry (PIV). Two types of velocity measurements were carried out, i.e., phase-locked measurement and high time sequential velocity measurement, in a pump-turbine model with 20 guide vanes and 6 runner blades. The characteristic of the flow field varied corresponding to the operating conditions such as flow rate and rotational speed. Opening angles of guide vanes were kept uniform. A clockwise vortex was generated at inside of the runner blade under smaller rotational speed. A counterclockwise vortex was separated at the backside of the runner blade under higher rotational speed. At any operating conditions, the velocity between guide vanes and runner blades oscillated periodically at the blade passing frequency.

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