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Three-Dimensional CFD Simulations of Start-Up Processes of a Pump-Turbine Considering Governor Regulation

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  • Zhiyan Yang

    (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Yongguang Cheng

    (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Ke Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Xiaoxia Hou

    (State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China)

  • Xiaoxi Zhang

    (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China)

  • Xi Wang

    (Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage Company Ltd., Jinzhai 237300, China)

  • Jinghuan Ding

    (Pumped-Storage Power Institute of Technology and Economy, State Grid Xinyuan Company Ltd., Beijing 100053, China)

Abstract

The pumped-storage power station is an efficient stability regulator of the power grid. However, due to the instability of the pump-turbine in the S-shaped characteristic region, rotational speed fluctuation is easy to occur in the speed no-load condition, making synchronization with and connection to the grid difficult. To investigate the key factors of these difficult grid connections, the start-up processes of a practical pump-turbine under the lowest head condition were simulated by using the three-dimensional CFD method, in which the governor regulating equations with different regulating parameters were integrated successfully. The results show that the working points oscillate with the fluctuations of rotational speed, discharge, and torque, and different regulating parameters have a significant influence on the dynamic histories. In addition, the internal flow patterns, especially the backflows at the runner inlet, keep apparent values at the middle span (0.5 span) but have regular transitions near the shroud side (0.7–0.8 span). The faster the guide vanes adjust, the faster the backflows change, and the larger the macro parameters fluctuate. Overall, the instability of the start-up is the result of the periodical evolutions of backflows at the runner inlet, because the trend and period of the radial velocities at different inlet span locations are consistent with those of the discharge.

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  • Zhiyan Yang & Yongguang Cheng & Ke Liu & Xiaoxia Hou & Xiaoxi Zhang & Xi Wang & Jinghuan Ding, 2021. "Three-Dimensional CFD Simulations of Start-Up Processes of a Pump-Turbine Considering Governor Regulation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-19, December.
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