Active vortex control downstream the turbine runner in the Francis hydro turbine model

IF 0.5 4区工程技术 Q4 ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE

Thermophysics and Aeromechanics Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1134/S0869864324040206

D. A. Suslov, S. G. Skripkin, M. A. Tsoy, E. Yu. Gorelikov, S. I. Shtork

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Abstract

This paper presents the development of active control methods for vortex phenomena in hydro turbines. The flow pattern downstream of a simplified turbine runner was studied under conditions typical of a hydro turbine operating at partial load, which are prone to generating large-scale vortex structures and inducing powerful pressure pulsations. Active control was achieved through the injection of additional air jets into the center of the runner cone. The results of experiments covering velocity distributions, velocity pulsations, and pressure pulsations following the injection of jets are presented. Control jets, regardless of their orientation, successfully suppress pressure pulsations. However, jets oriented radially provide the most effective suppression of vortices and reduce the total flow swirl in the draft tube. The pattern of jet supply directly affects the formation of a recirculation zone downstream of the runner. Experimental data on optimal injection align with previous theoretical estimates based on flow linear stability analysis.

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Thermophysics and Aeromechanics THERMODYNAMICS-MECHANICS

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0.90

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40.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Thermophysics and Aeromechanics publishes original reports, reviews, and discussions on the following topics: hydrogasdynamics, heat and mass transfer, turbulence, means and methods of aero- and thermophysical experiment, physics of low-temperature plasma, and physical and technical problems of energetics. These topics are the prior fields of investigation at the Institute of Thermophysics and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), which are the founders of the journal along with SB RAS. This publication promotes an exchange of information between the researchers of Russia and the international scientific community.