Improved pump turbine transient behaviour prediction using a Thoma number-dependent hillchart model

27th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

Manderla, M.^1 ; Kiniger, K.^2 ; Koutnik, J.^1

Voith Hydro, Heidenheim, Germany^1

Voith Hydro, St. Pölten, Austria^2

关键词: Classical simulation;    Dynamic measurement;    Hydraulic machines;    Measurement and simulation;    Power plant performance;    Reversible pump-turbine;    Simulation procedures;    Strong interaction;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/22/3/032039/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/22/3/032039

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Water hammer phenomena are important issues for high head hydro power plants. Especially, if several reversible pump-turbines are connected to the same waterways there may be strong interactions between the hydraulic machines. The prediction and coverage of all relevant load cases is challenging and difficult using classical simulation models. On the basis of a recent pump-storage project, dynamic measurements motivate an improved modeling approach making use of the Thoma number dependency of the actual turbine behaviour. The proposed approach is validated for several transient scenarios and turns out to increase correlation between measurement and simulation results significantly. By applying a fully automated simulation procedure broad operating ranges can be covered which provides a consistent insight into critical load case scenarios. This finally allows the optimization of the closing strategy and hence the overall power plant performance.