4.7 Article

Time-frequency domain characteristics analysis of a hydro-turbine governor system considering vortex rope excitation

Journal

RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 183, Issue -, Pages 172-187

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.10.074

Keywords

Vortex rope; Hydro-turbine governor system; Modeling method; Francis turbine; Dynamic characteristics analysis

Funding

  1. Chinese Universities Scientific Fund [2452020210/Z1090220172]
  2. Open Research Fund Program of State Key Laboratory of Eco-hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region, Xi'an University of Technology [K4020121034]
  3. Postdoctoral Fund of Powerchina Northwest Engineering Corporation Limited [kjb2021xz05]
  4. Scientific research fund of Inner Mongolia water resources and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute [K4040121228]

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Understanding and simulating the dynamic characteristics of the hydro-turbine governor system is crucial for ensuring the safety of hydro-power systems. The proposed modification method of the water head at the draft tube inlet, which introduces the excitation term of the vortex rope, accurately models energy fluctuations during load reductions in the system. This approach overcomes limitations of existing models and promotes further development in the field.
Understanding and simulating the dynamic characteristics of the hydro-turbine governor system is essential to guarantee the safety of the hydro-power systems. This study proposes a modification method of the water head at the draft tube inlet, which is to discretize the draft tube and introduce the excitation term of the vortex rope. The proposed approach is applied for the modeling of the hydro-turbine governor system. The proposed model (Model I) is verified by means of a comparison with a second model (Model II) of the hydro-turbine governor system model without considering the vortex rope and verified against the experimental data during the load reduction. The model developed is accurate providing errors of the water head, inlet water head and flow of the hydro-turbine for Model I are within +/- 3.3%, +/- 2% and +/- 5%, respectively. The proposed model overcomes the limitations of Model II in the time domain and frequency-domain since that only provides the average pressure at the draft tube, which do not reflect the pressure fluctuation and energy fluctuation. Instead the proposed model allows to capture and model the energy fluctuation during the load reduction as shown in the experimental results. The proposed model promotes the development of the hydro-turbine governor system model. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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