Pressure fluctuation prediction of a model kaplan turbine by unsteady turbulent flow simulation

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1011021-1011029

  Liu, Shuhong ^a   Li, Shengcai ^b   Wu, Yulin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kaplan turbine; Pressure fluctuation prediction; Turbulent flow simulation; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BLADE PASSING FREQUENCY; DESIGN STAGE; DRAFT TUBES; FLOW PASSAGE; HYDRAULIC STABILITY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; KEY ISSUES; LOW FREQUENCY PRESSURE; NEW MODEL; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; OPERATION OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PREDICTING MODELS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION PREDICTION; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; ROTOR-STATOR INTERACTIONS; SECOND HARMONICS; SWIRLING VORTEX; TEST DATA IN; TEST RIGS; TURBINE HYDRAULICS; TURBINE OPERATION; WHOLE FLOW PASSAGE;

AERODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRAULICS; KAPLAN TURBINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBINES; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 77955290559     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3184025     Document Type: Article

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