The operating states of hydroelectric generating units vary widely as the operating condition change. The details of the operating characteristics and the operating region partitioning method are discussed for two typ...The operating states of hydroelectric generating units vary widely as the operating condition change. The details of the operating characteristics and the operating region partitioning method are discussed for two types of large Francis turbines in the Wanjiazhai Hydropower Plant and two same type large Kaplan turbines in the Shuikou Hydropower Plant. For the Wanjiazhai Hydropower units, the most critical factor affecting the operating stability is the hydraulic pressure fluctuations caused by the vortex rope in the draft tube. For Shuikou Hydropower units, the dynamic stresses as in the piston rod and the blade and the hydraulic thrust on the runner induced by the pressure fluctuations in the flow passage should be used to partition the operating regions. Analyzing the distribution cloud of operating characteristic factors which affects the operating stability in the hill-chart for each individual unit, the forbidden, stable and transient operating regions can be obtained.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50879036 and 50979044) State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering (Grant No. 2009T3)
文摘The operating states of hydroelectric generating units vary widely as the operating condition change. The details of the operating characteristics and the operating region partitioning method are discussed for two types of large Francis turbines in the Wanjiazhai Hydropower Plant and two same type large Kaplan turbines in the Shuikou Hydropower Plant. For the Wanjiazhai Hydropower units, the most critical factor affecting the operating stability is the hydraulic pressure fluctuations caused by the vortex rope in the draft tube. For Shuikou Hydropower units, the dynamic stresses as in the piston rod and the blade and the hydraulic thrust on the runner induced by the pressure fluctuations in the flow passage should be used to partition the operating regions. Analyzing the distribution cloud of operating characteristic factors which affects the operating stability in the hill-chart for each individual unit, the forbidden, stable and transient operating regions can be obtained.
