Experimental study of the pressure fluctuations in a pump turbine at large partial flow conditions

Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (English Edition)

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1205-1209

  Ran, Hongjuan ^a,b   Luo, Xianwu ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Xu, Hongyuan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Positive slope; Pressure fluctuation; Pump turbine; Rotating stall

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT FREQUENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW DISCHARGES; FLOW PASSAGE; HEAD DROP; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MODEL PUMP; OPERATING MODES; OPERATING POINTS; OPERATION POINT; PARTIAL FLOW; PERFORMANCE CURVE; POSITIVE SLOPE; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; PUMP-TURBINES; PUMPED-STORAGE UNITS; ROTATING STALLS; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; SAFE OPERATION;

HYSTERESIS; IMPELLERS; PUMPED STORAGE POWER PLANTS;

HYDRAULIC TURBINES;

EID: 84869818153     PISSN: 10009345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/CJME.2012.06.1205     Document Type: Article

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