CFD simulation of pressure and discharge surge in Francis turbine at off-design conditions

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue PART 3, 2012, Pages

  Chirkov, D ^a   Avdyushenko, A ^a   Panov, L ^a   Bannikov, D ^a   Cherny, S ^a   Skorospelov, V ^b   Pylev, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Russian Federation)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Branch LMZ OJSC Power Machines   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELS; CFD SIMULATIONS; DRAFT TUBES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FULL-LOAD; HYDRAULIC POWER PLANT; HYDRAULIC SYSTEM; OFF DESIGN CONDITION; OPERATING POINTS; PART LOAD; SELF EXCITED OSCILLATION; TURBULENT MOTION; UNSTEADY EQUATIONS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FRANCIS TURBINES; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; PENSTOCKS; POWER PLANTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VAPORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; DISCHARGE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRESSURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBINE;

EID: 84874035355     PISSN: 17551307     EISSN: 17551315     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/15/3/032038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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