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Analysis of hydro-abrasive erosion in Pelton buckets using a Eulerian-Lagrangian approach

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  • Xiao, Yexiang
  • Guo, Bao
  • Rai, Anant Kumar
  • Liu, Jie
  • Liang, Quanwei
  • Zhang, Jin

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One major concern in developing high-head water resources, which usually uses Pelton turbines, especially in geologically young and fragile mountains, is hydro-abrasive erosion. However, the physical mechanism of hydro-abrasive erosion in Pelton turbine buckets is still not well understood as the cumulative erosion is changing with the transient flow in rotating buckets. In this work, a new approach to predict the cumulative erosion on a rotating surface is proposed and applied to Pelton turbine buckets. This method is based on the Eulerian-Lagaraigian approach previously developed by authors and a novel algorithm introduced to predict the impact behavior of particles hitting rotating surfaces. The numerically obtained erosion is validated with 3D-scanned erosion profiles of buckets measured in a prototype plant. Further, a detailed analysis of the flow and hydro-abrasive erosion characteristics with bucket rotation is conducted. The good agreement with field values demonstrates the promising ability of the proposed method for quantitative erosion prediction. Interestingly, the flow interferences between the jet and the water sheet are found to produce a shield layer to prevent particles from directly impacting surfaces and consequently reduce hydro-abrasive erosion. The current work may provide important engineering insights for geometry optimization to reduce hydro-abrasive erosion.

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  • Xiao, Yexiang & Guo, Bao & Rai, Anant Kumar & Liu, Jie & Liang, Quanwei & Zhang, Jin, 2022. "Analysis of hydro-abrasive erosion in Pelton buckets using a Eulerian-Lagrangian approach," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 472-485.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:197:y:2022:i:c:p:472-485
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.07.087
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