When using the draft-tube vacuum to be less than 8.0 m as the rule to set atailrace surge tank, a mixing function that describes the process of water-hammer vacuum andvelocity-head vacuum varied with time is proposed,...When using the draft-tube vacuum to be less than 8.0 m as the rule to set atailrace surge tank, a mixing function that describes the process of water-hammer vacuum andvelocity-head vacuum varied with time is proposed, on the assumption that the guide vane of thehydraulic turbine and the turbine discharge were all changed linearly. An exact maximum of thedraft-tube vacuum for the first-phase water-hammer and the last-phase water-hammer is obtained.Finally a much more reasonable formula of critical tailrace length is derived. The results of twocases show that the formula proposed can determine correctly and reasonably whether a tail-racesurge tank is needed or not, and are more suitable for project design than the formula suggested bythe specification.展开更多
文摘When using the draft-tube vacuum to be less than 8.0 m as the rule to set atailrace surge tank, a mixing function that describes the process of water-hammer vacuum andvelocity-head vacuum varied with time is proposed, on the assumption that the guide vane of thehydraulic turbine and the turbine discharge were all changed linearly. An exact maximum of thedraft-tube vacuum for the first-phase water-hammer and the last-phase water-hammer is obtained.Finally a much more reasonable formula of critical tailrace length is derived. The results of twocases show that the formula proposed can determine correctly and reasonably whether a tail-racesurge tank is needed or not, and are more suitable for project design than the formula suggested bythe specification.
