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High-speed flow visualization in a pump-turbine under off-design operating conditions

Hasmatuchi, Vlad  
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Roth, Steven  
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Botero, Francisco
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2010
Proceedings of the 25th Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems
25th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

The flow hydrodynamics in a low specific speed radial pump-turbine reduced scale model is experimentally investigated under off-design operating conditions in generating mode. Wall pressure measurements, in the stator, synchronized with high-speed flow visualizations in the vaneless space between the impeller and the guide vanes using air bubbles injection are performed. When starting from the best efficiency point and increasing the runner speed, a significant increase of the pressure fluctuations is observed mainly in channels between wicket gates. The spectral analysis shows a rise of one stall cell, rotating with about 70% of the impeller frequency, at runaway, which further increases as the zero discharge condition is approached. Then a specific image processing technique is detailed and applied to create a synthetic instantaneous view of the flow pattern on the entire guide vanes circumference for an operating point in turbine-brake mode, where backflow and vortices accompany the stall passage.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1088/1755-1315/12/1/012059
Author(s)
Hasmatuchi, Vlad  
Roth, Steven  
Botero, Francisco
Avellan, François  
Farhat, Mohamed  
Date Issued

2010

Publisher

International Association For Hydraulic Research

Published in
Proceedings of the 25th Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems
Total of pages

9

Series title/Series vol.

Pump Turbines; 2A.5

Volume

12

Issue

1

Start page

1

End page

9

Subjects

Hydrodynamics

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Pump-Turbine

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Off-Design

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Rotating Stall

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Flow Visualization

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Experimental Investigation

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hydrodyna

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
25th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems

Timisoara, Romania

September 20-24, 2010

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April 14, 2010
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