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December 2009

Torbjørn Kristian Nielsen, EPT

Master of Science in Product Design and ManufacturingSubmission date:

Supervisor:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Department of Energy and Process Engineering

Increasing power output from FrancisturbinesEffektøkning i vannkraftverk med Francis turbiner

Bente Taraldsten Brunes

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Problem DescriptionThe main objective is to investigate potential increase in power output from the existing turbines at

Ruacana Hydropower station. This is restricted by only consider a runner replacement. The

technical aspect of a rehabilitation project is investigated.

Preliminary study of achievements in refurbishment projects and distribution of turbine types.

Analyze all hydraulic conditions. This entails surge oscillation and water hammer investigations

for both the existing hydraulic conditions and with the aim of increasing volume flow. In addtion to

a review of the state of the waterway.

Use traditional turbine theory to investigate potential increase in power output.

Assignment given: 28. September 2009

Supervisor: Torbjørn Kristian Nielsen, EPT

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P r e f a c e

T h e p r e s e n t e d w o r k h a s b e e n c o m p l e t e d o n t h e b e h a l f o f N a m P o w e r a n d

M u l t i c o n s u l t . I n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E n e r g y a n d P r o c e s s

E n g i n e e r i n g a t t h e N o r w e g i a n U n i v e r s i t y o f S c i e n c e a n d T e c h n o l o g y ( N T N U )

f a l l 2 0 0 9 . T h e o b j e c t i v e h a s b e e n t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f i n c r e a s i n g

p o w e r o u t p u t o f a n e x i s i t i n g t u r b i n e s t r u c t u r e b y o n l y c o n s i d e r r u n n e r

r e p l a c e m e n t . R u a c a n a H y d r o P o w e r P l a n t i n N a m i b i a h a s b e e n u s e d a s

a b a s i s f o r t h e s t u d y .

I w o u l d l i k e t o e s c p e c i a l l y t h a n k N a m P o w e r f o r a n e d u c a t i o n a l t r i p t o

N a m i b i a i n o r d e r t o s u r v e y t h e p l a n t a n d g a i n v i t a l i n f o r m a t i o n . I n a d d i t i o n

w o u l d I l i k e t o t h a n k M u l t i c o n s u l t t h e i r s u p p o r t . M y s u p e r v i s o r P r o f e s s o r

T o r b j ø r n K r i s t i a n N i e l s e n h a v e a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e n a l r e s u l t s w i t h

h i s g u i d a n c e . A t l a s t b u t n o t l e a s t , I w o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k a l l t h e s t u d e n t s

a t t h e H y d r o P o w e r L a b o r a t o r y f o r t h e i r c o n t r i b u t e t o a n a m a z i n g w o r k

e n v i r o n m e n t .

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A b s t r a c t

T h e m a i n o b j e c t i v e i n t h i s t h e s i s w a s t o i n v e s t i g a t e a p o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e

o f p o w e r o u t p u t f r o m t h e e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s a t R u a c a n a H y d r o p o w e r S t a t i o n .

T h i s w a s r e s t r i c t e d t o o n l y c o n s i d e r a r u n n e r r e p l a c e m e n t , a n d o n l y t e c h n i c a l

a s p e c t s o f a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t h a s b e e n e v a l u a t e d . T h i s i n v o l v e d a n

i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f h y d r a u l i c c o n d t i o n s , l i m i t e d t o s u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n a n d w a t e r

h a m m e r c a l c u l a t i o n s . T h e r e s u l t s w a s t h e r e a f t e r u s e d i n a c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l

t o e s t i m a t e p o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t . V i t a l i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e

p l a n t a n d t h e c o n d i t i o n o f t h e w a t e r w a y w a s o b t a i n e d f r o m a s t u d y t r i p t o

R u a c a n a .

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t h e v o l u m e o w a n d / o r e c i e n c y . T h e r s t c r i t e r i a c a n b e a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h

e x p a n d i n g t h e o u t l e t d i a m e t e r o f t h e r u n n e r , a n d / o r a l t e r i n g t h e o w a n g l e s .

T h e r e f o r e h a s t h e h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s a l s o b e e n a n a l y s e d w i t h t h e a i m o f

i n c r e a s i n g v o l u m e o w . I t w a s f o u n d t h a t i t c a n b e i n c r e a s e d t o a m a x i m u m

n o m i n a l v o l u m e o w o f o n e u n i t t o

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u p s u r g e i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y w i t h t h e i n t a k e l e v e l a t h i g h e s t o o d l e v e l .

T h e r e s t r i c t i o n s a r e a l t e r e d f o r t h e m i n i m u m w a t e r l e v e l s i n t h e i n t a k e a n d

m a x i m u m l e v e l s i n t h e t a i l r a c e w h e n o p e r a t i n g 1 t o 4 u n i t s . T h e a d v a n c e s i n

F r a n c i s r u n n e r d e s i g n o v e r t h e l a s t d e a c a d e s m a k e s a n i n c r e a s e i n e c i e n c y

f e a s i b l e .

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o u t p u t w a s d e v e l o p e d . T h i s w a s b a s e d o n t r a d i t i o n a l t u r b i n e t h e o r y , a n d

t h e a i m w a s t o n d t h e m a x i m u m i n c r e a s e s t a r t i n g f r o m t h e e x i s t i n g d e g r e e

o f s u b m e r g e n c e . I n a d d i t i o n w e r e t h e r e s u l t s c o m p a r e d t o v a l u e s o b t a i n e d

f r o m a c a l c u l a t i o n m e t h o d d e v e l o p e d b y S i n t e f [ 2 1 ] .

F r o m a p r e l i m i n a r y s t u d y o f a c h i e v e m e n t s i n r e f u r b i s h m e n t p r o j e c t s w a s

i t f o u n d t h a t o n a v e r a g e h a s a n i n c r e a s e o f 1 8 % b e e n o b t a i n e d . T h e m e t h o d

d e v e l o p e d i n t h i s t h e s i s c o n c l u d e d t h a t a n i n c r e a s e o f 1 0 1 4 % i n n o m i n a l

p o w e r o u t p u t i s p o s s b l e . A s s u m i n g a t u r b i n e e c i e n c y o f 0 . 9 3 a n d o n l y

r e p l a c i n g t h e r u n n e r . S i n t e f ' s m e t h o d e s t i m a t e d a m a x i m u m v a l u e o f 1 5 %

f o r t h e s a m e c o n d i t i o n s . I t i s a l s o f o u n d t h a t t h e o u t l e t d i a m e t e r a t R u a c a n a

c a n b e i n c r e a s e d b y 6 0 m m . T h e a d d i t i o n a l i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t i s o n l y

e s t i m a t e d t o b e 1 % f r o m t h e m e t h o d d e v e l o p e d i n t h i s t h e s i s . T h e S i n t e f

m e t h o d e s t i m a t e s a d d i t i o n a l 3 % i n c r e a s e f o r t h e s a m e s c e n a r i o .

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S a m m e n d r a g

H o v e d m å l e t m e d d e n n e m a s t e r o p p g a v e n v a r å u n d e r s ø k e m u l i g h e t e n f o r å ø k e

e e k t u t t a k f r a t u r b i n e n e v e d R u a c a n a k r a f t s t a s j o n . D e t t e b l e b e g r e n s e t a v

k u n å v u r d e r e b y t t e a v l ø p e h j u l . K u n t e k n i s k e v u r d e r i n g e r h a r b l i t t g j o r t ,

o g d i s s e b e s t o d a v å u n d e r s ø k e s v i n g n i n g e r o g t r y k k s t ø t . I n f o r m a s j o n f r a

d e t t e b l e v i d e r e b r u k t i e n b e r e g n i n g s m o d e l l f o r å e s t i m e r e m u l i g ø k n i n g i

e e k t u t t a k . D e n n e b l e b a s e r t p å t r a d i s j o n e l l t u r b i n t e o r i o g t o k u t g a n g s p u n k t

i d y k k i n g e n a v t u r b i n e n e p å R u a c a n a . D e t t e h a r o g s å b l i t t b e r e g n e t v e d

b r u k a v e n l i k n e n d e m e t o d e u t v i k l e t a v S i n t e f [ 2 1 ] . V e r d i f u l l i n f o r m a s j o n o m

k r a f t v e r k e t o g t i l s t a n d e n t i l v a n n v e i e n b l e s a m l e t i n n u n d e r e n s t u d i e t u r t i l

R u a c a n a .

E n ø k n i n g a v e e k t u t t a k e t i e n t u r b i n k a n g j ø r e s v e d å ø k e v o l u m s t r ø m -

m e n o g / e l l e r v i r k n i n g s g r a d e n . D e n f ø r s t e m u l i g h e t e n k a n g j e n n o m f ø r e s v e d å

u t v i d e u t l ø p s d i a m e t e r e n p å l ø p e h j u l e t o g / e l l e r v e d å f o r a n d r e s t r ø m n i n g s v i n -

k l e n e . U t v i k l i n g e n a v n y e d e s i g n m e t o d e r f o r F r a n c i s l ø p e h j u l d e s e n e r e å r e n e

h a r f ø r t t i l e n ø k n i n g i v i r k n i n g s g r a d e n .

F o r m å l e t m e d d e t t e h a r v æ r t å s t a d f e s t e h v o r m y e v o l u m s t r ø m m e n i

v a n n v e i e n k u n n e ø k e s u t e n a t d e t g å r u t o v e r s i k k e r h e t e n i k r a f t v e r k e t .

U n d e r s ø k e l s e n e v i s t e a t d e n n o m i n e l l e v o l u m s t r ø m m e n p e r t u r b i n k a n ø k e s

t i l 8 5 m3/s

. D e t t e b l e b e g r e n s e t a v d e t s t ø r s t e o p p s v i n g e t i s v i n g e s j a k t e n

o p p s t r ø m s m e d h ø y e s t v a n n s t a n d i i n n t a k e t . L a v e s t r e g u l e r t v a n n s t a n d i

i n n t a k e t b e g r e n s e r h v o r m a n g e t u r b i n e r s o m k a n k j ø r e , o g n å r v o l u m s t r ø m -

m e n ø k e s m å d e n n e ø k e s . D e t t e g j e l d e r o g s å f o r d e n h ø y e s t e v a n n s t a n d e n i

u t f a l l e t o g d e m a k s i m a l e g r e n s e n e m å s e n k e s .

R e s u l t a t e t a v f o r s t u d i e n a v r e h a b i l i t e r i n g s p r o s j e k t e r v i s t e a t o p p n å d d

ø k n i n g i e e k t u t t a k v a r p å 1 8 % . M e t o d e n s o m b l e u t v i k l e t i o p p g a v e n

k o n k l u d e r e r m e d a t e n ø k n i n g i n o m i n e l t e e k t u t t a k f o r e n t u r b i n m e l l o m p å

1 0 t i l 1 4 % e r s a n n s y n l i g . D e t t e f o r u t s e t t e r a t v i r k n i n g s g r a d e n t i l t u r b i n e n

e r 0 . 9 3 o g l ø p e h j u l e t b y t t e s u t t i l e n m e d h ø y e r e s l u k e e v n e . D e n m a k s i m a l e

ø k n i n g e n g i t t a v b e r e g n i n g e n t i l S i n t e f b l e 1 5 % m e d d e s a m m e b e t i n g e l s e n e .

I t e g n i n g e n e a v t u r b i n e n e b l e d e t f u n n e t a t u t l ø p s d i a m e t e r e n k a n ø k e s m e d

6 0 m m . E t t i l l e g g s u t t a k b e r e g n e t a v m e t o d e n u t v i k l e t h e r b l e k u n 1 % .

S i n t e f s i n m e t o d e e s t i m e r t e e n e k s t r a ø k n i n g p å 2 % .

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C o n t e n t s

P r e f a c e i

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C o n t e n t s v i i

L i s t o f F i g u r e s x i

L i s t o f T a b l e s x i i i

N o m e n c l a t u r e x v

1 I n t r o d u c t i o n 1

2 T h e o r y 3

2 . 1 S y s t e m D y n a m i c s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 . 1 . 1 W a t e r h a m m e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 . 1 . 2 S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e T a n k s . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 . 2 T h e F r a n c i s T u r b i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 . 2 . 1 S u b m e r g e n c e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 . 2 . 2 C a l c u l a t i o n o f N P S H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 . 2 . 3 C l a s s i c d e s i g n o f a F r a n c i s R u n n e r . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3 P r e l i m i n a r y S t u d i e s 1 1

3 . 1 R e f u r b i s h m e n t o f E x i s t i n g H P P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1

3 . 1 . 1 D i s t r i b u t i o n o f t u r b i n e s i n t h e w o r l d . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

3 . 1 . 2 A c h i e v e m e n t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

3 . 1 . 3 S i n t e f r e p o r t : P o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e o f p o w e r o u t p u t . . . 1 3

3 . 2 R u n n e r D e s i g n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4

4 R e v i e w o f H y d r a u l i c C o n d i t i o n s 1 7

4 . 1 C o m p o n e n t s u p s t r e a m t u r b i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8

4 . 2 T u r b i n e U n i t s 1 - 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0

4 . 2 . 1 O t h e r e v a l u a t e d f a c t o r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2

4 . 3 C o m p o n e n t s d o w n s t r e a m t u r b i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3

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5 C a l c u l a t i o n M e t h o d s 2 5

5 . 1 G e n e r a l a s s u m p t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5

5 . 2 P r e s s u r e c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5

5 . 2 . 1 N u m e r i c a l e q u a t i o n s w a t e r h a m m e r . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5

5 . 2 . 2 B o u n d a r y c o n d i t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7

5 . 2 . 3 C a l c u l a t i o n p r o c e d u r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7

5 . 2 . 4 V e r i c a t i o n o f W a t e r h a m m e r M o d e l . . . . . . . . . . 2 7

5 . 3 S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n m o d e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8

5 . 3 . 1 S y s t e m o f e q u a t i o n s : S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n . . . . . . . . . 2 9

5 . 3 . 2 W o r s t c a s e s c e n a r i o s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0

5 . 3 . 3 V e r i c a t i o n o f S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n M o d e l . . . . . . . . . 3 0

5 . 4 I n c r e a s e p o w e r o u t p u t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0

6 R e s u l t s 3 3

6 . 1 A n a l y s i s : E x i s t i n g H y d r a u l i c C o n d i t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3

6 . 1 . 1 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e H e a d b a y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3

6 . 1 . 2 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e C h a m b e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4

6 . 1 . 3 P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4

6 . 2 A n a l y s i s : I n c r e a s i n g V o l u m e F l o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5

6 . 2 . 1 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e H e a d b a y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5

6 . 2 . 2 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e C h a m b e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

6 . 2 . 3 P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

6 . 3 A n a l y s i s : I n c r e a s i n g P o w e r O u t p u t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8

7 D i s c u s s i o n 4 1

7 . 1 H y d r a u l i c c o n s i d e r a t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1

7 . 2 P o w e r o u t p u t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2

8 C o n c l u s i o n 4 3

9 F u r t h e r W o r k 4 5

B i b l i o g r a p h y 4 7

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A . 1 H i s t o r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I

B M a t l a b P r o g r a m s I I I

B . 1 W a t e r h a m m e r P r o g r a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I I

B . 2 S u r g e O s c i l l i a t i o n P r o g r a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V I

B . 3 R e d u c t i o n i n h e a d p r o g r a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I X

C S u p p l e m e n t R e s u l t s X I

C . 1 V e r i c a t i o n o f S i m u l a t i o n M o d e l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X I

C . 2 S u p p l e m e n t e x i s t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . X I

C . 2 . 1 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e H e a d b a y . . . . . . . . . . . X I

C . 2 . 2 S u r g e C h a m b e r R e s u l t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X I I I

C . 3 A n a l y s i s : I n c r e a s i n g V o l u m e F l o w e x t e n t i o n . . . . . . . . . . X V

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D E x c e l C a l c u l a t i o n s X X I

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L i s t o f F i g u r e s

2 . 1 P r e s s u r e a t v a l v e w i t h i n s t a n t a n e o u s c l o s i n g t i m e f o r i d e a l

c o n d i t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 . 2 x - t d i a g r a m f o r s o l v i n g s i n g l e - p i p e p r o b l e m s [ 2 9 ] . . . . . . . 6

2 . 3 C o m p o n e n t s o f a F r a n c i s T u r b i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 . 4 S e v e r e c a v i t a t i o n e r o s i o n o n a r u n n e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 . 5 V e l o c i t y d i a g r a m [ 7 ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0

2 . 6 M a i n d i m e n s i o n o f a F r a n c i s R u n n e r , a x i a l v i e w . . . . . . . 1 0

3 . 1 T u r b i n e d i s t r i b u t i o n l a r g e r t h a n 5 0 M W a c r o s s t h e w o r l d . . 1 2

3 . 2 V i s u a l c o m p a r i s o n o f r u n n e r s a t K i a m b e r e [ 2 3 ] . . . . . . . . 1 5

4 . 1 L a y o u t o f R u a c a n a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7

4 . 2 S u r g e H e a d b a y b a s e a r e a ( n o t t o s c a l e ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9

4 . 3 S u r g e H e a d b a y w a l l s ( n o t t o s c a l e ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9

4 . 4 C a v i t a t i o n o n t h e h u b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1

4 . 5 C a v i t a t i o n o n t h e t r a i l i n g e d g e a n d t h e o u t e r r i n g . . . . . . . 2 1

4 . 6 C a v i a t i o n o n t h e t r a i l i n g e d g e n e a r t h e h u b . . . . . . . . . . 2 1

4 . 7 E x i t i n g t u r b i n e s r u n n e r b l a d e s [ 2 ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2

4 . 8 S u r g e C h a m b e r d i m e n s i o n s [ 2 ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4

5 . 1 I l l u s t r a t i o n o f w a t e r w a y f o r w a t e r h a m m e r c a l c u l a t i o n s . . . . 2 6

5 . 2 V e r i c a t i o n W a t e r H a m m e r p r o g r a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8

5 . 3 I l l u s t r a t i o n o f w a t e r w a y u s e d i n s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n c a l c u l a t i o n s 2 8

5 . 4 V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e H e a d b a y l o a d r e j e c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1

5 . 5 V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e C h a m b e r l o a d r e j e c t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1

6 . 1 P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e , Z max = 909.3

m a s l a n d Qunit =

71m3/s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4

6 . 2 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n S H , H 0 = 904.5

m a s l Qn,station = 340m3/s

. 3 5

6 . 3 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H 0 = 897.8

m a s l a n d Qn,station =

340m3/s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

6 . 4 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , Qn,station = 340m3/s

, H u = 767.6

m a s l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7

6 . 5 P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e , Z max = 909.7

m a s l Qunit = 85m3/s

3 7

6 . 6 P e r c e n t i l e i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t a s a f u n c t i o n o f v o l u m e

o w a n d r e d u c t i o n i n n e t h e a d . F o r 1 t u r b i n e w h e n 4 a r e i n

o p e r a t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9

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A . 1 R u a c a n a F a l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I

C . 1 V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e H e a d b a y r e l o a d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X I

C . 2 V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e C h a m b e r r e l o a d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X I I

C . 3 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n a t h i g h e s t o o d l e v e l 4 u n i t s . . . . . . . . . X I I

C . 4 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n S H , H 0 = 895.2

m a s l a n d Qunit = 71m3/s

. X I I I

C . 5 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 896.4

m a s l a n d Q = 142m3/s

. X I I I

C . 6 S u r g e O s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897

m a s l a n d Q = 213m3/s

. X I V

C . 7 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897.4

m a s l a n d Q = 284m3/s

. X I V

C . 8 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 768

a n d Q = 284m3/s

. . . . . X V

C . 9 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 768.3

m a s l a n d Q = 213m3/s

. X V

C . 1 0 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 768.7masl

a n d Q = 142m3/s

. X V I

C . 1 1 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 769.2masl

a n d Q = 71m3/s

. . X V I

C . 1 2 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897.5

m a s l a n d Q = 255m3/s

. X V I

C . 1 3 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897

m a s l Q = 142m3/s

. . . . X V I I

C . 1 4 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 906

m a s l Q = 71m3/s

. . . . . X V I I

C . 1 5 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S C H u = 767.9

m a s l a n d Q = 255m3/s

. X V I I I

C . 1 6 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S C

H u = 768.2m a s l a n d

Q = 170m3/s. X V I I I

C . 1 7 S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S C , H u = 769.2

m a s l a n d Q = 85m3/s

. X I X

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L i s t o f T a b l e s

3 . 1 R e f u r b i s h e d H P P w i t h F r a n c i s t u r b i n e s [ 2 8 ] , [ 1 9 ] , [ 3 1 ] , [ 2 0 ] ,

[ 2 3 ] , [ 1 4 ] , [ 8 ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

4 . 1 I n t a k e w a t e r l e v e l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8

4 . 2 P r e s s u r e t u n n e l d a t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8

4 . 3 S u r g e H e a d b a y l e v e l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8

4 . 4 P e n s t o c k d a t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0

4 . 5 T u r b i n e u n i t d a t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0

4 . 6 T a i l w a t e r l e v e l s a n d v o l u m e o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3

5 . 1 V e r i c a t i o n : I d e a l a n d a c t u a l v a l u e s o f w a t e r h a m m e r . . . . 2 7

6 . 1 R e s u l t s : a n a l y s i s o f e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s i n S u r g e H e a d b a y 4

u n i t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3

6 . 2 R e s u l t s : A n a l y i s o f e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s a t M R W L l e v e l s . . . . 3 3

6 . 3 R e s u l t s : A n a l y s i s o f e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s i n S u r g e C h a m b e r . . 3 4

6 . 4 M R W L l e v e l s f o r i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5

6 . 5 M a x i m u m l e v e l s i n t a i l r a c e w i t h i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w . . . . 3 6

6 . 6 M a x i m u m p e r c e n t i l e i n c r e a s e i n n o m i n a l p o w e r o u t p u t f o r o n e

u n i t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8

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N o m e n c l a t u r e

S y m b o l D e s c r i p t i o n U n i t

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cH e a d l o s s c o e c i e n t

cm A b s o l u t e m e r i d i n a l v e l o c i t y [m/s]

cu A b s o l u t e t a n g e n t i a l v e l o c i t y [m/s]

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[m]g

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[masl]H u W a t e r l e v e l t a i l r a c e

[masl]H s S u c t i o n h e a d

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H y d r a u l i c p r e s s u r e [mW C ]

hb B a r o m e t r i c p r e s s u r e m

hva V a p o u r p r e s s u r e m

hf T o t a l h e a d l o s s i n w a t e r w a y m

K B u l k m o d u l u s

[kg/ms2]L

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G r e e k S y m b o l s

S y m b o l D e s c r i p t i o n U n i t

β O u t l e t a n g l e r u n n e r

[rad]ω

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ηE c i e n c y

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λ

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S u b s c r i p t s a n d S u p e r s c r i p t s

S y m b o l D e s c r i p t i o n

* B E P J e g n

1 I n l e t o f r u n n e r / C o n d u i t 1

2 O u t l e t o f r u n n e r / C o n d u i t 2

3 C o n d u i t 3

A P r e c e e d i n g v a l u e , p r e v i o u s t i m e s t e p

B S u c c e e d i n g v a l u e , p r e v i o u s t i m e s t e p

e N e t h e a d

m i n m a x i m u m d o w n s u r g e

m a x m a x i m u m u p s u r g e

m M e r i d i a n

n N o m i n a l v a l u e s

n e w N e w v o l u m e o w / h e a d

P C u r r e n t t i m e s t e p

s t a t i o n T o t a l v o l u m e o w s t a t i o n

u n i t V o l u m e o w o f o n e u n i t

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S y m b o l D e s c r i p t i o n U n i t

m a s l M e t r e s a b o v e s e a l e v e l

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S W A W E K S o u t h W e s t A f r i c a n W a t e r a n d E l e c t r i c i t y C o r p o r a t i o n

B E P B e s t E c i e n c y P o i n t

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C h a p t e r 1

I n t r o d u c t i o n

T o d a y t h e e n e r g y s i t u a t i o n i n N a m i b i a i s s t r a i n e d , a n d i t i s m a i n l y d u e t o t h e

f a c t t h a t t h e c o u n t r y i s o n l y a b l e t o p r o d u c e a b o u t h a l f o f i t s c o n s u m p t i o n .

T h e o n e h y d r o p o w e r p l a n t i s R u a c a n a w h i c h p r o d u c e s 9 7 . 8 % o f t o t a l e l e c t r i c

p o w e r p r o d u c t i o n . T h e p l a n t c o n s i s t s o f t h r e e m e d i u m h e a d F r a n c i s t u r b i n e s

w h i c h w e r e c o m m i s s i o n e d i n 1 9 7 8 . T h i s p l a n t s e r v e s a s a b a s i s f o r t h i s t h e s i s .

T h e c o u n t r y i s d e p e n d e n t o n i m p o r t i n g e n e r g y f r o m t h e S o u t h e r n A f r i c a n

P o w e r P o o l ( S A P P ) . T h i s s y s t e m m a i n l y c o n s t i t u t e s o f l a r g e c o a l p l a n t s , a n d

t h e a c c e s s i b i l i t y t o p e a k p o w e r i s l o w .

T h e a d v a n c e m e n t s i n t u r b i n e t e c h n o l o g y h a v e b e e n r e m a r k a b l e o v e r t h e

l a s t 2 0 y e a r s , e s p e c i a l l y w i t h i n t h e d e s i g n o f F r a n c i s t u r b i n e s e l d . I t i s

p r o v e n t o i n c r e a s e e c i e n c y a n d i m p r o v e c a v i t a t i o n b e h a v i o u r . T h e r e s u l t i s

a t a n g i b l e i m p r o v e m e n t p o t e n t i a l i n e c i e n c y a n d p o w e r o u t p u t f o r e x i s t i n g

t u r b i n e s .

T h i s t h e s i s c o n s i d e r s t h e t e c h n i c a l a s p e c t s o f a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t . T h e

m a i n o b j e c t i v e i s t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f i n c r e a s i n g t h e p o w e r o u t p u t

f r o m t h e e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s b y r e p l a c i n g t h e r u n n e r s . T h i s c a n b e a c h i e v e d

e i t h e r b y i n c r e a s i n g t h e v o l u m e o w a n d / o r e c i e n c y . T h e r s t c r i t e r i a c a n

b e a c h i e v e d t h r o u g h e x p a n d i n g t h e o u t l e t d i a m e t e r a n d / o r a l t e r i n g t h e o w

a n g l e s .

T h i s t h e s i s w i l l a p p r o a c h t h e p r o b l e m b y i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e e x i s t i n g

h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s f o r s u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n a n d w a t e r h a m m e r . T h e s e l e c t e d

m e t h o d t o s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m i s t o d e v e l o p M a t l a b p r o g r a m s . T h e o b j e c t i v e

i s t o i d e n t i f y t h e m a x i m u m i n c r e a s e i n v o l u m e o w t h a t d o n o t c o m p r o m i s e

t h e h y d r a u l i c d e s i g n c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e w a t e r w a y . T h e r e s u l t s a r e t h e n u s e d

a s r e s t r i c t i o n s i n t h e d e v e l o p i n g o f a c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l f o r i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f

p o t e n t i a l p o w e r o u t p u t .

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C h a p t e r 2

T h e o r y

T h e p r e s e n t e d t h e o r y i s s e l e c t e d o n t h e b a s i s o f r e l e v a n c e f o r t h e s t u d y . I t

s t a r t s w i t h s y s t e m d y n a m i c s t h e o r y , a n d e n d s w i t h a s y n o p s i s o f t h e g e n e r a l

t u r b i n e t h e o r y w i t h a n e m p h a s i s o n r u n n e r d e s i g n .

2 . 1 S y s t e m D y n a m i c s

T h e u n s t e a d y o w i n p i p e l i n e s i s k n o w n a s s u r g e , a n d o c c u r s d u e t o t h e

i n e r t i a o f t h e w a t e r m a s s e s w h e n c h a n g i n g t h e o p e r a t i n g l o a d . A n y c h a n g e

i n t h e v o l u m e o w c h a n g e s t h e p r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t h e t u r b i n e d u e t o a n

a c c e l e r a t i o n o r a d e c e l e r a t i o n o f t h e w a t e r m a s s e s . T h e g o v e r n i n g e q u a t i o n s

a r e d e s c r i b e d b y t h e c o n t i n u i t y e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 ) a n d t h e e q u a t i o n o f m o t i o n

( 2 . 2 ) f o r a u i d e l e m e n t [ 3 7 ] .

∂H

∂t+

a2

g

∂v

∂x= 0

( 2 . 1 )

g∂H

∂x+

∂v

∂t+ λ

v |v|2D

( 2 . 2 )

H - P i e z o m e t e r p r e s s u r e , h + z [ m W C ]

h- H y d r a u l i c p r e s s u r e [ m W C ]

z- E l e v a t i o n [

m]

a- S p e e d o f s o u n d [

m/s]

v - V e l o c i t y [ m/s]

t- T i m e [ s ]

λ- F r i c t i o n f a c t o r

g- G r a v i t y c o n s t a n t

m/s2]

D- D i a m e t e r o f p i p e [

m]

I n a w a t e r w a y a r e t h e h e a d l o s s e s d u e t o f r i c t i o n a n d s h e a r s t r e s s e s

b e t w e e n t h e w a t e r a n d t h e t u n n e l w a l l s . W h e n i n c r e a s i n g t h e v o l u m e o w

w i l l t h e l o s s e s i n c r e a s e , a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y r e d u c e s t h e a v a i l a b l e h e a d f o r t h e

t u r b i n e . I t a l s o m a k e s i t n e c e a s s a r y t o i n v e s t i g a t e i f a n e x i s t i n g p o w e r p l a n t

c a n h a n d l e t h e p r e s s u r e c h a n g e . T h i s i s u s u a l l y d o n e b y i n v e s t i g a t i o n t h e

s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n a n d w a t e r h a m m e r e e c t s . T h e s e a r e t r e a t e d s e p a r a t e l y ,

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b e c a u s e t h e p e r i o d o f w a t e r h a m m e r e e c t s i n p e n s t o c k a r e o f m u c h s h o r t e r

p e r i o d t h a n s u r g e t a n k u c t u a t i o n s [ 3 7 ] .

2 . 1 . 1 W a t e r h a m m e r

T h e v o l u m e o w i n a p i p e l i n e c a n b e v i e w e d a s a s p r i n g - m a s s s y s t e m . T h e

s p r i n g r e p r e s e n t s t h e e l a s t i c i t y o r t h e c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y o f t h e w a t e r

K , a l s o

c a l l e d t h e b u l k m o d u l u s . I f a f o r c e i s i n d u c e d o n t h e s p r i n g , i t i s c o m p r e s s e d

a n d r e p r e s e n t s t h e p o t e n t i a l e n e r g y i n t h e s y s t e m . T h e e l a s t i c i t y a n d i n e r t i a

o f w a t e r a r e t h e c a u s e s o f w a t e r h a m m e r e e c t s w h i c h i s d e n e d a s t h e

r e t a r d a t i o n p r e s s u r e , a n d p r o p a g a t e s f r o m t h e t u r b i n e t o t h e n e a r e s t f r e e

w a t e r s u r f a c e u p s t r e a m w i t h t h e s p e e d o f s o u n d a

. F o r a v e r y t h i c k - w a l l e d

p i p e i s a

t h e a c o u s t i c s p e e d o f a s m a l l d i s t u r b a n c e i n a n i n n i t e u i d u s e d ,

d e n e d i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 3 ) [ 3 7 ] , a n d i t s v a l u e i s a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1200m/s

.

a ≈ K

ρ( 2 . 3 )

K - B u l k m o d u l u s [kg/ms2]

ρ- D e n s i t y o f w a t e r

kg/m3

A t u r b i n e i s m o d e l l e d a s a v a l v e , a n d t h e p r o g r e s s o f t h e p r e s s u r e i n f r o n t

c a n b e e a s i e s t d e s c r i b e d w h e n i m a g i n i n g a o w f r o m a r e s e r v o i r t h r o u g h a

s i n g l e p i p e t o a v a l v e . F o r i d e a l c o n d i t i o n s i s t h i s i l l u s t r a t e d i n g u r e 2 . 1 .

T h e s t a t i o n a r y p r e s s u r e l i n e i s g i v e n b y t h e e l e v a t i o n i n t h e r e s e r v o i r a t

t = 0. T h e p r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t h e t u r b i n e i s a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e e l e v a t i o n

p r e s s u r e i n t h e r e s e r v o i r a n d t h e d y n a m i c p r e s s u r e o f t h e w a t e r h a m m e r .

A t t = 0 i s t h e v e l o c i t y v = v0 i n t h e e n t i r e p i p e i n d i r e c t i o n o f t h e

v a l v e . W h e n t h e v a l v e c l o s e s t h e w a t e r m a s s e s a r e s l o w e d d o w n t o v0 = 0

.

U p s t r e a m t h e w a t e r i s " u n a w a r e " o f t h e c h a n g e r e s u l t i n g i n a g a g e p r e s s u r e

a t t h e v a l v e . W h e n t h e p r e s s u r e w a v e h a s r e a c h e d t h e r e s e r v o i r i s t h e v e l o c i t y

o f t h e w a t e r m a s s e s z e r o i n t h e e n t i r e p i p e l e n g t h . T h e w a t e r o w s i n t o t h e

r e s e r v o i r w i t h a v e l o c i t y o f v = −v0 d u e t o t h e g a g e p r e s s u r e . U n t i l t h e

p r e s s u r e d i e r e n c e d i s a p p e a r s a n d v = −v0 i n t h e p i p e . T h i s i s i l l u s t r a t e d

b y t h e d e s c e n d i n g l i n e i n t h e g u r e , a n d r e s u l t s i n a n e g a t i v e p r e s s u r e a t t h e

v a l v e . T h e n e g a t i v e p r e s s u r e w a v e w i l l p r o p a g a t e i n t h e p i p e t o t h e r e s e r v o i r ,

a n d a t t h e t i m e w h e n t h e p r e s s u r e e q u a l i z e d i s d e n o t e d b y t h e a s c e n d i n g l i n e

i n t h e g u r e . T h e n t h e p r o c e s s s t a r t s a g a i n .

T h e p r e s s u r e w a v e d e p e n d s o n t h e r a t i o b e t w e e n t h e l e n g t h t o t h e n e a r e s t

f r e e w a t e r s u r f a c e u p s t r e a m a n d t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a o f t h e p i p e ( L / A )

[ 2 9 ] . T h e r e b y d e n i n g t h e p e r i o d o f t h e w a v e T

i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 4 ) .

T =4L

a( 2 . 4 )

L - L e n g t h t o t h e n e a r e s t f r e e w a t e r s u r f a c e [ m

]

T h e r e e c t i o n t i m e T R i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 5 ) i s d e n e d a s t h e t i m e t h e p r e s s u r e

w a v e u s e s t o r e t u r n t o t h e t u r b i n e . T h e c l o s i n g t i m e o f t h e t u r b i n e T L s h o u l d

b e s l o w e r t h a n T R i n o r d e r t o a v o i d t h e h i g h e s t o b t a i n a b l e p r e s s u r e d e n e d

b y J o u k o w s k y i n e q u a t i o n 2 . 6 . I n w o r s t c a s e d o e s t h e e l a s t i c i t y o f w a t e r

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2 T h e o r y

F i g u r e 2 . 1 : P r e s s u r e a t v a l v e w i t h i n s t a n t a n e o u s c l o s i n g t i m e f o r i d e a l

c o n d i t i o n s

d o u b l e t h e p r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t h e t u r b i n e c o m p a r e d i n e l a s t i c c a l c u l a t i o n s

[ 2 9 ] .

T R =2L

a( 2 . 5 )

h =

a∆v

g( 2 . 6 )

T h e l a r g e s t m a g n i t u d e o f c h a n g e i n v o l u m e o w p e r u n i t o f t i m e o c c u r s

d u r i n g l o a d r e j e c t i o n , a n d t h e r e f o r e y i e l d s t h e d e s i g n c o n d i t i o n i n r e g a r d

t o t h e d y n a m i c p r e s s u r e [ 2 9 ] . I t i s i m p o r t a n t t o s o l v e e q u a t i o n s ( 2 . 1 ) a n d

( 2 . 2 ) t o n d t h e d e s i g n c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e p i p e s a n d v a l v e s w h e n b u i l d i n g a

n e w h y d r o p o w e r p l a n t . O r t o c h e c k i f a n i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w d o e s n o t

c o m p r o m i s e t h e d e s i g n i n a n e x i s t i n g p l a n t .

M e t h o d o f C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s

T h e m e t h o d o f c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i s a n u m e r i c a l m e t h o d f o r s o l v i n g h y p e r b o l i c

d i e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n s i n t h e x t - p l a n e . I t t r a n s f o r m s t h e p a r t i a l d i e r e n t i a l

e q u a t i o n s ( P D E ) ( 2 . 1 ) a n d ( 2 . 2 ) i n t o o r d i n a r y d i e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n s ( O D E )

[ 3 7 ] . T h e y a r e c o m b i n e d u s i n g a n u n k n o w n m u l t i p l i e r a n d t h e r e s u l t i s

t h e e q u a t i o n s s y s t e m g i v e n b y ( 2 . 7 ) a n d ( 2 . 8 ) . C +

d e n e s t h e p r e s s u r e w a v e

w h e n i t p r o p a g a t e s w i t h t h e o w a n d C −

w h e n t h e p r e s s u r e w a v e p r o p a g a t e s

a g a i n s t t h e o w .

C + :

ga

dH dt + dv

dt + λv|v|2D = 0

dxdt = +a

( 2 . 7 )

C − : − ga

dH dt + dv

dt + λv|v|2D = 0

dxdt = −a( 2 . 8 )

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2 S y s t e m D y n a m i c s

F i g u r e 2 . 2 : x - t d i a g r a m f o r s o l v i n g s i n g l e - p i p e p r o b l e m s [ 2 9 ]

I t i s c o n v e n i e n t t o v i s u a l i z e t h e s o l u t i o n b y g u r e 2 . 2 a s i t d e v e l o p s o n

t h e x t p l a n e [ 3 7 ] . W h e r e

dxdt = ±a

r e l a t e s t h e c h a n g e i n p o s i t i o n o f a w a v e

t o t h e c h a n g e i n t i m e b y t h e a c o u s t i c s p e e d a

. T h i s r e l a t i o n s h i p w i l l p l o t

t h e

+as t r a i g h t l i n e b e t w e e n A a n d P i n w h i c h t h e r s t e q u a t i o n i n ( 2 . 7 ) i s

v a l i d . B e t w e e n p o i n t s B a n d P i s t h e −a

l i n e p l o t a n d t h e r s t e q u a t i o n i n

( 2 . 8 ) i s v a l i d . T h e s e l i n e s a r e k n o w n a s t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s l i n e s .

I n o r d e r t o t r a n s f o r m t h e e q u a t i o n s e t i n t o n i t e d i e r e n c e e q u a t i o n s ,

a r e e q u a t i o n s ( 2 . 7 ) a n d ( 2 . 8 ) a p p r o x i m a t e d b y u s i n g t h e t r a p e z o i d a l r u l e .

T h e l i n e a r f o r m o f t h e e q u a t i o n s a r e m a i n t a i n e d , a n d i t i s a s a t i s f a c t o r y

a p p r o x i m a t i o n f o r m o s t p r o b l e m s . A s o l u t i o n i s o b t a i n e d b y r s t c a l c u l a t i n g

t h e v a l u e s f o r H

a n d Q

a t t = 0

. T h e c a l c u l a t i o n o f t h e v a l u e s f o r t h e

n e x t t i m e s t e p u s e s t h e v a l u e s a t t h e p r e v i o u s a n d s o o n . T h e r e s u l t i n g

e q u a t i o n s y s t e m c a n b e f o u n d i n s e c t i o n 5 . 2 a l o n g w i t h d e n i t i o n o f b o u n d a r y

c o n d i t i o n s .

2 . 1 . 2 S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e T a n k s

I n m e d i u m t o h i g h p r e s s u r e p l a n t s i t m a y b e n e c e s s a r y t o c o n s t r u c t a s u r g e

c h a m b e r b e t w e e n t h e i n t a k e a n d t h e t u r b i n e . T h i s d e c r e a s e s t h e p r e s s u r e i n

f r o n t o f t h e t u r b i n e , a n d i m p r o v e s t h e r e g u l a t i o n o f t h e s y s t e m [ 2 9 ] . D u e t o

t h e p r e s e n c e o f a s u r g e c h a m b e r t h e m o m e n t u m o f w a t e r i s n o t d e s t r o y e d

q u i c k l y , b u t t h e w a t e r o w s i n t o t h e c h a m b e r r e s u l t i n g i n a n o s c i l l a t i n g w a t e r

l e v e l . T h e s e w i l l e v e n t u a l l y d i e o u t o v e r t i m e d u e t o f r i c t i o n l o s s e s i n t h e

t u n n e l s , l o s s e s a t t h e i n l e t a n d i n t h e s u r g e c h a m b e r i t s e l f [ 1 6 ] .

O n t h e c o n t r a r y t o t h e w a t e r h a m m e r t h e o s c i l l a t i o n i n a s u r g e t a n k i s

s l o w , a n d t h e e l a s t i c e e c t o f w a t e r h a s l i t t l e s i g n i c a n c e . I t i s t h e r e f o r e

p o s s i b l e t o a s s u m e t h a t w a t e r a n d p i p e s a r e r i g i d , w h i c h i m p l i e s t h a t t h e

c o m p r e s s i b i l i t y a n d t h e r e b y t h e s p e e d o f s o u n d i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 ) i s i n n i t e .

R e a r r a n g i n g e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 0 ) a n d a l l o w i n g a

→ ∞i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 9 ) , t h e

r e l a t i o n s h i p i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 0 ) i s o b t a i n e d .

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2 T h e o r y

∂v

∂x= − g

a2∂H

∂t( 2 . 9 )

∂v

∂x = 0 ( 2 . 1 0 )

g∂H

∂x− ∂v

∂v+ λ

v |v|2D

= 0( 2 . 1 1 )

I n t r o d u c i n g Q = vA

a n d

∂H ∂x = H 2−H 1

L i s t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p ( 2 . 1 2 ) o b t a i n e d :

L

gA

dQ

dt= H 1 − H 2 − cQ |Q|

( 2 . 1 2 )

W h e r e :

c = λL

2gA2D( 2 . 1 3 )

S u r g e c h a m b e r s u p s t r e a m o f t h e t u r b i n e a r e d i m e n s i o n e d i n a m a n n e r t o

a v o i d b o t h o o d i n g f o r s t a r t - u p l o a d a n d a i r s u c t i o n i n t o p e n s t o c k f o r l o a d

r e j e c t i o n . T h e s e s h o u l d b e s e t f o r w o r s t c a s e s c e n a r i o s , i . e . w h e n a f u l l l o a d

r e j e c t i o n i s f o l l o w e d b y a f u l l s t a r t u p l o a d a t t h e t i m e t h e s h a f t l e v e l i s i n

b a l a n c e w i t h t h e s t a t i o n a r y p r e s s u r e l i n e [ 2 9 ] . A s u r g e c h a m b e r d o w n s t r e a m

d a m p s s t r o n g o s c i l l a t i o n s a n d t o p r e v e n t s o o d i n g .

2 . 2 T h e F r a n c i s T u r b i n e

A F r a n c i s t u r b i n e i s a r a d i a l r e a c t i o n t u r b i n e a n d i s a l s o c a l l e d a f u l l t u r b i n e

b e c a u s e t h e w a t e r c o m p l e t e l y l l s t h e p a s s a g e s . T h e d i e r e n t c o m p o n e n t s o f

t h e t u r b i n e a r e i l l u s t r a t e d i n g u r e 2 . 3 .

T h e s p i r a l c a s i n g i s d e s i g n e d w i t h a d e c r e a s i n g c r o s s s e c t i o n a l a r e a

a l o n g t h e c i r c u m f e r e n c e i n o r d e r t o k e e p t h e u i d v e l o c i t y ' s m a g n i t u d e

c o n s t a n t b e f o r e e n t e r i n g t h e s t a y v a n e s .

T h e s t a y v a n e s / g u i d e v a n e s i m p a r t a t a n g e n t i a l v e l o c i t y o n t o t h e o w

w h i c h c r e a t e s a n a n g u l a r m o m e n t u m i n t h e w a t e r b e f o r e i t e n t e r s t h e r u n n e r .

T h e o b j e c t i v e i s t o o b t a i n a h i g h l y u n i f o r m o w p a t t e r n w i t h i n c r e a s i n g

r o t a t i o n [ 7 ] . T h i s i s o n e o f t h e m a i n f e a t u r e s t h a t d i e r e n t i a t e a F r a n c i s

f r o m o t h e r t u r b i n e t y p e s , o n l y a p a r t o f t h e t o t a l s p e c i c e n e r g y a t t h e i n l e t

o f t h e t u r b i n e i s c o n v e r t e d t o k i n e t i c e n e r g y b e f o r e t h e r u n n e r i s r e a c h e d .

T h e g u i d e v a n e s c a n a l s o b e u s e d t o r e g u l a t e t h e o w r a t e .

I n t h e r u n n e r t h e e n e r g y t r a n s f e r o c c u r s d u e t o a n i m p u l s e a c t i o n

b e t w e e n t h e w a t e r a n d t h e b l a d e s . A b o u t 5 0 % o f t h e t r a n s f e r i s d u e t o a

p r e s s u r e d r o p b e t w e e n t h e i n l e t a n d t h e o u t l e t . T h e o w l e a v e s t h e r u n n e r

w i t h a r e d u c e d a n g u l a r m o m e n t u m a n d a d e c r e a s e d p r e s s u r e .

T h e d r a f t t u b e c o n n e c t s t h e o u t l e t o f t h e r u n n e r t o t h e t a i l r a c e . I t s

p r i m a r y f u n c t i o n i s t o r e d u c e t h e v e l o c i t y o f t h e d i s c h a r g e d w a t e r i n o r d e r t o

m i n i m i s e t h e l o s s o f k i n e t i c e n e r g y . T h e d e s i g n o f t h e d r a f t t u b e a n d d e g r e e

o f s u b m e r g e n c e i s a n i m p o r t a n t d e s i g n f a c t o r t o a v o i d c a v i t a t i o n [ 7 ] .

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F i g u r e 2 . 3 : C o m p o n e n t s o f a F r a n c i s T u r b i n e

2 . 2 . 1 S u b m e r g e n c e

" C a v i t a t i o n f o r m i n a o w i n g l i q u i d i n a n a r e a w h e r e t h e l o c a l p r e s s u r e

a p p r o a c h e s v a p o u r p r e s s u r e : e n t r a i n e d a n d d i s s o l v e d g a s f o r m b u b b l e s w h i c h

g r o w a n d t h e n c o l l a p s e " [ 3 4 ] . T h i s i s a n u n s t a b l e p r o c e s s w h i c h g i v e s r i s e

t o o w i n s t a b i l i t y a n d r e s u l t s i n n o i s e , v i b r a t i o n a n d s u r f a c e d a m a g e . T h e

l a t t e r i s a l s o k n o w n a s c a v i t a t i o n e r o s i o n a n d c a n s o m e t i m e s a l t e r t h e o w

a r e a i n a r u n n e r s i g n i c a n t l y , a s o n e c a n o b s e r v e i n p i c t u r e 2 . 4 . T h i s u s u a l l y

o c c u r s i n t h e d i s c h a r g e a r e a w h e r e t h e p r e s s u r e i s l o w . T h e c o m m o n l y u s e d

m e t h o d t o c a l c u l a t e c a v i t a t i o n i s b y u s i n g t h e t e r m " N e t P o s i t i v e S u c t i o n

H e a d ( N P S H ) " .

F i g u r e 2 . 4 : S e v e r e c a v i t a t i o n e r o s i o n o n a r u n n e r

2 . 2 . 2 C a l c u l a t i o n o f N P S H

I t i s n o r m a l t o d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n N PSH T a n d

N P H S A w h i c h i s r e s p e c -

t i v e l y d e t e r m i n e d b y t u r b i n e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 4 ) a n d p l a n t d a t a

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i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 5 ) [ 2 1 ] .

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2g+ b

u222g

( 2 . 1 4 )

a - S u b m e r g e n c e c o e c i e n t

b- S u b m e r g e n c e c o e c i e n t

cm - A b s o l u t e m e r i d i n a l v e l o c i t y a t n o m i n a l l o a d [m/s]

u- P e r i p h e r a l v e l o c i t y [

m/s]

T h e e q u a t i o n f o r N PSH T y i e l d s a v a l u e f o r t h e v e l o c i t y e n e r g y i n t h e

a r e a o f d i s c h a r g e . N PSH A t u r b i n e i s d e s c r i b e d b y e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 5 ) . T h e

c o n s t a n t s a

a n d b

a r e d e t e r m i n e d e m p i r i c a l l y , a n d d e p e n d s o n t h e s p e e d

n u m b e r

∗Ωa t B E P :

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b = 0.055∗Ω > 0.55

→a = 1.12

a n d b = 0.1∗Ω

N PSH A = −H s + hb − hva ( 2 . 1 5 )

T h e s u c t i o n h e a d H s i s n e g a t i v e w h e n t h e t u r b i n e i s s u b m e r g e d a n d c a n

b e u s e d t o i n c r e a s e t h e p r e s s u r e e n e r g y . T h e b a r o m e t r i c p r e s s u r e hb = 0.13m

a t s e a l e v e l d e c r e a s e s b y 0.12m

f o r e a c h 100m

a b o v e . T h e v a p o u r p r e s s u r e

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0.3a t

25C . T h e c r i t e r i a f o r a v o i d i n g c a v i t a t i o n

i s g i v e n i n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 6 ) [ 7 ] .

N PSH T < NPSH A ( 2 . 1 6 )

2 . 2 . 3 C l a s s i c d e s i g n o f a F r a n c i s R u n n e r

T h e r e a r e a n u m b e r o f m e t h o d s t o d e s i g n a F r a n c i s r u n n e r . T h e f o l l o w i n g i s

a b r i e f p r e s e n t a t i o n o f H . B r e k k e ' s m e t h o d d e s c r i b e d i n " P u m p s & T u r b i n e s "

[ 7 ] .

T h e d e s i g n p r o c e d u r e s t a r t s b y d e t e r m i n i n g n o m i n a l h e a d H n a n d v o l u m e

o w a t b e s t e c i e n c y p o i n t ( B E P ) d e n o t e d b y

∗Q. I t i s c o n v e n i e n t t o s t a r t

b y d e s i g n i n g t h e o u t l e t . A p e r i p h e r a l v e l o c i t y u2 a n d m e r i d i a n v e l o c i t y

cm2 i s s e l e c t e d b a s e d o n e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 4 ) . T h e v a l u e o f u2 l i e s b e t w e e n 3 5

a n d 4 3 m/s

, w h e r e t h e h i g h e s t v a l u e i n d i c a t e s h i g h h e a d . T h e c o r r e l a t i o n

b e t w e e n t h e s e v e l o c i t i e s c a n b e s e e n i n g u r e 2 . 5 , t h e s o l i d l i n e s r e p r e s e n t

t h e v e l o c i t y d i a g r a m s a t B E P a n d t h e d o t t e d l i n e s r e p r e s e n t s o w p a s t B E P .

I t i s i m p o r t a n t t o n o t i c e t h a t t h e o u t l e t a n g l e β 2 d o e s n o t c h a n g e f o r t h e

d i e r e n t o w s a n d t h e a b s o l u t e t a n g e n t i a l v e l o c i t y

∗cu2 = 0a n d

α2 = 90a t

B E P . T h e o u t l e t a n g l e c a n t h e r e f o r e b e d e t e r m i n e d b y e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 7 ) .

β 2 = tan−1

∗cm2

u2

( 2 . 1 7 )

T h e o u t l e t d i a m e t e r i s f o u n d f r o m t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n

( 2 . 1 8 ) . I t i s t h e n u s e d t o n d t h e r o t a t i o n a l s p e e d o f t h e r u n n e r i n e q u a t i o n

( 2 . 1 9 ) . T h e r o t a t i o n a l s p e e d m u s t b e c o r r e c t e d t o o b t a i n s y n c h r o n o u s s p e e d

i n o r d e r t o c o n n e c t t h e g e n e r a t o r t o t h e g r i d . A c c o r d i n g l y c o r r e c t t h e o u t l e t

d i a m e t e r a n d t h e o t h e r p r e c e d i n g v a l u e s . F i n a l s t e p i s t o s e l e c t a p o i n t a l o n g

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F i g u r e 2 . 5 : V e l o c i t y d i a g r a m [ 7 ]

t h e h u b w h e r e t h e b l a d e s a r e n i s h e d a n d d e t e r m i n e t h e b l a d e a n g l e s f r o m

t h e a s s u m p t i o n o f p e r p e n d i c u l a r o u t l e t .

W h e n d e s i g n i n g t h e i n l e t i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o b e a r i n m i n d t h a t t h e i n l e t

a n g l e d e p e n d s o n t h e v o l u m e o w , a s s e e n i n g u r e 2 . 5 . F o r m e d i u m a n d l o w

p r e s s u r e t u r b i n e s i s cm1 n o t c o n s t a n t o v e r t h e i n l e t d u e t o l a r g e d i e r e n c e s

b e t w e e n t h e h u b a n d r i n g . B e c a u s e t h e o w s t a r t s t o c u r v e i n f r o n t o f t h e

r u n n e r .

∗cm2 =4∗Q

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( 2 . 1 8 )

u2 =πD2n

60( 2 . 1 9 )

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P r e l i m i n a r y S t u d i e s

T h e r s t p r e l i m i n a r y s t u d y f o c u s e s o n m o t i v a t i o n f o r r e f u r b i s h m e n t p r o j e c t s

f o r h y d r o p o w e r p l a n t s . I t a l s o p r e s e n t s a p e r c e n t i l e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t u r b i n e

t y p e s i n t h e w o r l d . T h i s i s f o l l o w e d b y a c h i e v e d i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t a n d

e c i e n c y f o r k n o w n p l a n t s . T h e s e c o n d s t u d y p r e s e n t s n e w a d v a n c e m e n t s

c o n c e r n i n g F r a n c i s r u n n e r d e s i g n .

3 . 1 R e f u r b i s h m e n t o f E x i s t i n g H P P

M o r e t h a n 5 0 % o f o l d p o w e r p l a n t s h a s o p e r a t i o n a l p r o b l e m s s u c h a s

c a v i t a t i o n e r o s i o n a n d v i b r a t i o n o f t h e s t r u c t u r e [ 1 7 ] . T h e p a r a m o u n t

o b j e c t i v e s o f a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t a r e t o m a x i m i s e o u t p u t , e c i e n c y a n d

t h e r e b y t h e a n n u a l e n e r g y p r o d u c t i o n . A n a d v a n t a g e o u s e e c t i s r e d u c e d

o p e r a t i n g a n d m a i n t e n a n c e c o s t s , w h i c h i n t h e e n d e x t e n d s t h e p l a n t s

o p e r a t i n g l i f e .

A r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t i s o f t e n m o t i v a t e d b y t h e n e c e s s i t y t o r e p l a c e

k e y c o m p o n e n t s t h a t a r e a t t h e e n d o f t h e i r l i f e t i m e . O r a r e q u i r e m e n t t o

a d a p t t h e h y d r a u l i c c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f a t u r b i n e t o n e w o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n s .

N o w a d a y s t h i s i s o f t e n t h e c a s e s i n c e m a n y e n e r g y m a r k e t s i n t h e w o r l d a r e

d e r e g u l a t e d . T h e m a j o r i t y o f p l a n t s i n t h e w e s t e r n w o r l d w e r e b u i l t b e f o r e

d e r e g u l a t i o n , a n d a r e n o w o p e r a t e d i n o r d e r t o m e e t t h e e n e r g y d e m a n d s

k n o w n a s h y d r o p e a k i n g . T h i s i m p l i e s f r e q u e n t o p e r a t i o n o u t s i d e t h e b e s t

e c i e n c y p o i n t ( B E P ) . T h i s e n t a i l s d e c r e a s e d e c i e n c y a n d i n s o m e c a s e s

i n c r e a s e d w e a r a n d t e a r o n t h e p l a n t s . A s i d e e e c t o f t h e h y d r o p e a k i n g i s

t h a t i t a l s o c a u s e s s t r o n g v a r i a t i o n s i n t h e r i v e r o w , w h i c h i n t u r n a e c t s t h e

e c o l o g i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t . T h i s i n t r o d u c e s t h e d e m a n d f o r r e g u l a t i o n s c h e m e s

w i t h t h e s m a l l e s t a m o u n t o f i m p a c t o n t h e s u r r o u n d i n g e n v i r o n m e n t . W o r k

h a s s t a r t e d t o m a p t h e e e c t o f h y d r o p e a k i n g i n N o r w a y [ 9 ] . I n A f r i c a i t

i s n o t a n u n f a m i l i a r p r o b l e m . W h e r e t h e w a t e r o w v a r i e s s t r o n g l y w i t h t h e

s e a s o n s a n d t h e d e m a n d f o r w a t e r f o r d o m e s t i c a n d i r r i g a t i o n p u r p o s e s i s

h i g h [ 1 ] .

A n y r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t h a s t o b e e c o n o m i c a l l y j u s t i e d . N o t o n l y

m u s t t h e c o s t o f t h e p r o j e c t b e c o n s i d e r e d , b u t a l s o t h e c o s t o f d o w n t i m e .

O f t e n d o e s t h i s a s p e c t d e t e r m i n e t h e r e h a b i l i t a t i o n s c e n a r i o . I t h a s b e e n

c o m m o n p r a c t i c e t o l i m i t t h e r e h a b i l i t a t i o n f o r s m a l l t o m e d i u m t u r b i n e s

1 1

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t o o n l y c o n s i d e r a r e p l a c e m e n t o f t h e r u n n e r . W h i l s t f o r l a r g e u n i t s a n

o p t i m i s a t i o n o f t h e e n t i r e h y d r o l o g i c a l p r o l e i s v i a b l e [ 1 7 ] , [ 3 2 ] .

3 . 1 . 1 D i s t r i b u t i o n o f t u r b i n e s i n t h e w o r l d

A n i n i t i a l s u r v e y o f t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f t u r b i n e u n i t s r a t i n g o v e r 5 0 M W

a c r o s s t h e w o r l d i s p r e s e n t e d i n g u r e 3 . 1 [ 1 0 ] [ 1 1 ] . T h e F r a n c i s t u r b i n e h a s

t h e h i g h e s t p e r c e n t i l e d i s t r i b u t i o n o n e a c h c o n t i n e n t , c l o s e l y f o l l o w e d b y t h e

P e l t o n t u r b i n e . A f r i c a h a s t h e h i g h e s t n u m b e r o f p u m p e d s t o r a g e s c h e m e s ,

a n d t o n o s u r p r i s e f e w K a p l a n t u r b i n e s a r e p r e s e n t e d .

F i g u r e 3 . 1 : T u r b i n e d i s t r i b u t i o n l a r g e r t h a n 5 0 M W a c r o s s t h e w o r l d

3 . 1 . 2 A c h i e v e m e n t s

T h e r e h a s b e e n a s i g n i c a n t i n c r e a s e i n r e f u r b i s h m e n t p r o j e c t s t h e l a s t

d e c a d e s . S o m e o f t h e s e a r e n i s h e d , b u t o n l y a f e w h a v e p u b l i s h e d t h e i r

a c c o m p l i s h e d r e s u l t s w i t h a d e q u a t e i n f o r m a t i o n .

B e s i d e s a l l t h e c h a l l e n g e s o f r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t s , d o e s s o m e c l a i m

t h a t a n e w d e s i g n e d r u n n e r i n s t a l l e d i n s i d e e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s t r u c t u r e s c a n

i m p r o v e p o w e r o u t p u t b y 1 0 t o 3 0 p e r c e n t a g e p o i n t s [ 3 3 ] , [ 1 7 ] , [ 3 6 ] . O n

t h e o t h e r h a n d d o e s A n d r i t z H y d r o p o s t a m o r e c o n s e r v a t i v e s t a t e m e n t ,

t h e p o w e r o u t p u t c a n b e i n c r e a s e b y 1 0 t o 1 5 % w h e n m o d e r n i z i n g a n d

r e f u r b i s h i n g e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s a n d g e n e r a t o r s [ 1 9 ] .

A n e x a m p l e o f a n e a r l y n i s h e d r e f u r b i s h m e n t p r o j e c t i s t h e s i x F r a n c i s

t u r b i n e s a t t h e A k o s o m b o p l a n t i n A f r i c a . I n t h e b e g i n n i n g i t w a s c l a i m e d

t h a t t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s u l t s c o u l d b e a c h i e v e d [ 1 9 ] :

1 2

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C a v i t a t i o n - f r e e p e r f o r m a n c e w i t h i n t h e f u l l o p e r a t i n g r a n g e

I n c r e a s e o f a n n u a l e n e r g y p r o d u c t i o n b y 2 0 %

I n c r e a s e o f a v e r a g e m a x i m u m o u t p u t b y 1 8 %

I n c r e a s e o f p e a k e c i e n c y b y 5 %

I n c r e a s e o f f u l l l o a d e c i e n c y b y 5 %

U n i t 1 i s n o w c o m m i s s i o n e d a n d e l d t e s t s s h o w t h a t t h e g u a r a n t e e d

i n c r e a s e i n e c i e n c y o f 5 % h a s b e e n r e a c h e d [ 1 4 ] . T h e r e f u r b i s h m e n t o f

B a d u O z z a n a p o w e r p l a n t ( T a l o r o I I ) i n I t a l y i s n i s h e d . T h e t w o F r a n c i s

t u r b i n e s b u i l t i n 1 9 6 0 n e v e r m e t t h e i r w a r r a n t e d p e r f o r m a n c e s a l t h o u g h

s e v e r a l m o d i c a t i o n s w e r e p e r f o r m e d . A l l m a i n c o m p o n e n t s o f t h e t u r b i n e

w e r e r e p l a c e d a n d s i t e t e s t c o n r m e d a n i m p r o v e m e n t o f 4 % i n e c i e n c y a n d

n e a r l y 1 5 % i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t [ 1 9 ] . S t a t k r a f t h a s s t a r t e d t h e w o r k o f

r e h a b i l i t a t i n g a l a r g e p a r t o f t h e i r h y d r o p o w e r p l a n t s i n N o r w a y . A b o u t 2 1

u n i t s h a v e b e e n r e f u r b i s h e d , a n d o n a v e r a g e t h e y h a v e a c h i e v e d a n i n c r e a s e

i n e c i e n c y o f 2 . 3 % [ 3 5 ] .

T a b l e 3 . 1 p r e s e n t s a n o v e r v i e w o f r e f u r b i s h e d p o w e r p l a n t s w i t h F r a n c i s

t u r b i n e s . T h e a v e r a g e d i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t i s 1 8 % . A d d i t i o n a l

i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e p l a n t s c a n b e f o u n d i n A p p e n d i x D , w h i c h a l s o

i n c l u d e s r e f u r b i s h e d P e l t o n a n d K a p l a n t u r b i n e . I n c l u d i n g t h e s e t h e t o t a l

a v e r a g e i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t i s 2 0 % .

O u t p u t [ M W ]

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T a b l e 3 . 1 : R e f u r b i s h e d H P P w i t h F r a n c i s t u r b i n e s [ 2 8 ] , [ 1 9 ] , [ 3 1 ] , [ 2 0 ] , [ 2 3 ] ,

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3 . 1 . 3 S i n t e f r e p o r t : P o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e o f p o w e r o u t p u t

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h y d r o p o w e r p l a n t s " [ 2 1 ] p r e s e n t s a m e t h o d i n w h i c h a p o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e i n

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p o w e r o u t p u t c a n b e e s t i m a t e d . T h e m a i n i d e a i s t o i n c r e a s e t h e v o l u m e o w

t h r o u g h t h e r u n n e r w i t h o u t a d d i n g t o t h e c a v i t a t i o n r i s k . T h e d i m e n s i o n s o f

t h e r u n n e r i s i n c r e a s e d , b u t l i m i t e d t o t i n s i d e a n e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e w i t h o u t

m a j o r a l t e r a t i o n s . I t i s m a d e l a r g e r b y i n c r e a s i n g t h e o u t l e t d i a m e t e r

D2 a n d

i s l i m i t e d b y t h e c a s t - i n d i a m e t e r o f t h e d r a f t t u b e . F o r a F r a n c i s t u r b i n e i t i s

n o t p o s s i b l e t o i n c r e a s e D2 s i g n i c a n t l y w i t h o u t l a r g e a l t e r a t i o n s u p s t r e a m

t h e r u n n e r . T h i s r e l a t e s e s p e c i a l l y t o l o w p r e s s u r e t u r b i n e s , b e c a u s e i t a e c t s

t h e s t a y a n d g u i d e v a n e s i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e d r a f t t u b e . T h e o b j e c t i v e i s t o

e n s u r e t h a t i t i s o n l y n e c e s s a r y t o r e p l a c e t h e l o w e r c o v e r a n d t h e u p p e r p a r t

o f t h e d r a f t t u b e a l o n g w i t h t h e r u n n e r .

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e q u a t i o n ( 3 . 1 ) b y S i e r v o a n d L e v a [ 1 3 ] . T h e s m a l l e s t d i a m e t e r i s s e l e c t e d a n d

t h e e x i s t i n g e c i e n c y o f t h e t u r b i n e i n q u e s t i o n i s u s e d . T h e r e s u l t s d o n o t

t a k e i n t o a c c o u n t a l i k e l y i n c r e a s e i n e c i e n c y d u t o a n e w a n d i m p r o v e d

r u n n e r . T h e r e d u c t i o n i n a v a i l a b l e h e a d d u e t o i n c r e a s e d h e a d l o s s e s f o r

i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w i s n o t a c c o u n t e d f o r i n t h e r e s u l t s . I t i s i n c l u d e d a t a

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O v e r t h e l a s t d e c a d e s t h e r e h a s b e e n m a d e g r e a t h e a d w a y i n r u n n e r d e s i g n

o f t h e F r a n c i s t u r b i n e . T h e n e w d e s i g n p h i l o s o p h y d i e r s f r o m t h e o l d w i t h

a n i n c r e a s e d c u r v a t u r e o f t h e b l a d e a l o n g w i t h a c u r v e d s h a p e o f t h e t r a i l i n g

e d g e s [ 1 7 ] . T h e r e v o l u t i o n w i t h i n c o m p u t e r c a p a c i t y h a s m a d e i t p o s s i b l e t o

g o f r o m g r a p h i c a l l y b a s e d d e s i g n t o a v i r t u a l m e t h o d w i t h t h e a i d o f t o o l s

s u c h a s c o m p u t a t i o n a l u i d d y n a m i c s ( C F D ) . T h i s a l s o m a k e s i t p o s s i b l e

t o n u m e r i c a l l y a n a l y z e t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f a r u n n e r b e f o r e b u i l d i n g i t . T h e

r e s u l t s a r e p r o v e n t o b e i n f a i r l y g o o d a g r e e m e n t w i t h m e a s u r e d d a t a [ 3 0 ] .

T h e d e s i g n m e t h o d u s i n g C F D u s u a l l y s t a r t s o u t w i t h a n i n i t i a l g u e s s o f t h e

r u n n e r g e o m e t r y b a s e d o n t r a d i t i o n a l 1 D o r 2 D p o t e n t i a l o w t h e o r y s u c h

a s E u l e r . I t i s s u b s e q u e n t l y f o l l o w e d b y a n o p t i m i z a t i o n p r o c e s s w h e r e t h e

d e s i g n i s a d j u s t e d i n o r d e r t o o b t a i n t h e d e s i r e d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s [ 3 3 ] . T h e

t r a d i t i o n a l t h e o r y r e p r e s e n t s t h e d i r e c t d e s i g n m e t h o d w h e r e t h e o w e l d

i s d e t e r m i n e d b y a g i v e n b l a d e s h a p e . I n r e c e n t y e a r s , t h e r e h a s b e e n a n

i n c r e a s e d i n t e r e s t i n u s i n g a n i n v e r s e d e s i g n m e t h o d f o r t h e i n i t i a l g u e s s .

T h e d e s i r e d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e o w e l d a r e u s e d t o d e t e r m i n e a s u i t a b l e

b l a d e g e o m e t r y [ 4 ] .

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w i t h s k e w e d o u t l e t s n a m e d t h e " X - b l a d e " . I t h a s m a d e i t p o s s i b l e t o s t a b i l i z e

d y n a m i c b e h a v i o u r a n d i m p r o v e e c i e n c y d u r i n g o - d e s i g n p o i n t [ 6 ] . X -

b l a d e h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l l y i n s t a l l e d a t K i a m b e r e H P P i n K e n y a a n d t h e

d i e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e o l d a n d t h e n e w r u n n e r i s s e e n i n g u r e 3 . 2 . T h e

r e s u l t o f t h e p r o j e c t i s c a v i t a t i o n f r e e o p e r a t i o n a n d a n i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r

o u t p u t o f 1 7 % [ 2 3 ] . S i t e t e s t s a r e s c h e d u l e d t o c o m m e n c e s p r i n g 2 0 1 0 .

R u n n e r r e p l a c e m e n t s a r e a g r e a t h y d r a u l i c d e s i g n c h a l l e n g e b e c a u s e o f

t h e g e o m e t r i c a l c o n s t r a i n t s o f t h e e x i s t i n g m a c h i n e s [ 3 6 ] . A n i n c r e a s e i n

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( a ) O l d r u n n e r

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F i g u r e 3 . 2 : V i s u a l c o m p a r i s o n o f r u n n e r s a t K i a m b e r e [ 2 3 ]

p o w e r o u t p u t c a n b e o b t a i n e d b y i n c r e a s i n g e c i e n c y a n d / o r i n c r e a s i n g t h e

o w r a t e [ 3 2 ] , [ 1 7 ] , [ 2 1 ] , [ 1 9 ] . I m p r o v e m e n t o f c a v i t a t i o n b e h a v i o u r c a n b e

o b t a i n e d b y i n c r e a s i n g t h e r u n n e r o u t l e t d i a m e t e r a n d d e c r e a s e t h e o u t l e t

a n g l e . " A f u l l y p r e s s u r e b a l a n c e d b l a d e m u s t h a v e i n c r e a s e d a n g l e s n e a r

t h e i n l e t i n o r d e r t o o b t a i n a n i n c r e a s e d p r e s s u r e t o w a r d s t h e b a n d " [ 6 ] .

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d i a m e t e r r e d u c e s t h e b l a d e o u t l e t a n g l e β 2 w i c h i n t u r n r e d u c e s t h e r e q u i r e d

s u b m e r g e n c e . I n a m e d i u m h e a d t u r b i n e i t i s n o r m a l t h a t t h e v a l u e o f β 2

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m e r i d i a n c r o s s s e c t i o n o f t h e c r o w n a n d t h e s h r o u d [ 5 ] .

A n o t h e r g e o m e t r i c p a r a m e t e r t h a t i n u e n c e s t h e c a v i t a t i o n c h a r a c t e r i s -

t i c s i s t h e b l a d e c u r v a t u r e . I n a s u c c e s s f u l d e s i g n e d r u n n e r t h e c a v i t a t i o n

b u b b l e c o l l a p s e s i n t h e w a t e r d o w n s t r e a m t h e b l a d e s . T h i s i s a c h i e v e d b y

i n c r e a s i n g t h e c u r v a t u r e o f t h e b l a d e l e t t i n g t h e c o n v e x s u c t i o n s i d e h a v e

i n c r e a s e d v e l o c i t i e s . E s p e c i a l l y i f t h i s i s d o n e t o w a r d s t h e b l a d e o u t l e t t h e

s e p a r a t i o n a n d c a v i t a t i o n i s m o v e d d o w n s t r e a m [ 5 ] .

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t u b e . A s k e w e d o u t l e t ( i . e . n o t r a d i a l ) i s p r o v e n t o h a v e a s t a b i l i z i n g e e c t .

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d i a m e t e r f r o m t h e c r o w n , a n d a m o r e h a r m o n i c p r e s s u r e s u r g e a t p a r t l o a d

i s o b s e r v e d . L o w p r e s s u r e r e g i o n s a t t h e s h r o u d i n t h e i n l e t m a y b e d u e t o

i t s c u r v a t u r e a n d c a n b e c o m p e n s a t e d f o r b y c h a n g i n g t h e b l a d e l e a n a n g l e

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T h i s r e v i e w o f t h e c o n d i t i o n o f t h e w a t e r w a y a t R u a c a n a i s b a s e d o n

d a t a s u b m i t t e d b y N a m P o w e r , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e t e n d e r d o c u m e n t s f o r t h e

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t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e w a t e r w a y w a s a l s o o b t a i n e d t h r o u g h i n t e r v i e w s w i t h

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e x p e r i e n c e d a n y p a r t i c u l a r p r o b l e m s a r e n o t d e s c r i b e d i n d e t a i l . T h e g e n e r a l

l a y o u t o f R u a c a n a c a n b e s e e n i n g u r e 4 . 1 , a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g p r e s e n t s t h e

c o m p o n e n t s o f t h e p o w e r p l a n t s t a r t i n g a t t h e t o p . B a c k g r o u n d i n f o r m a t i o n

a b o u t R u a c a n a c a n b e f o u n d i n a p p e n d i x A .

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4 . 1 C o m p o n e n t s u p s t r e a m t u r b i n e

D i v e r s i o n W e i r a n d P r e s s u r e T u n n e l

T h e p l a n t i s a r u n - o f - r i v e r p o w e r p l a n t w i t h a n i n t a k e i n t h e s h a p e o f a

d i v e r s i o n w e i r . T a b l e 4 . 1 p r e s e n t s t h e h e a d w a t e r l e v e l s w h i c h v a r i e s s t r o n g l y

w i t h t h e s e a s o n s a n d d e t e r m i n e s t h e r e g u l a t i o n o f t h e p l a n t . A t m i n i m u m

d r a w - d o w n l e v e l t h e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e p o w e r p l a n t i s r e s t r i c t e d t o o n e u n i t d u e

t o s u r g e p r o b l e m . T h e d i v e r s i o n w e i r h a s b e e n d r a i n e d a n d i n s p e c t e d o n c e

a n d n o m a j o r f a u l t s w e r e f o u n d . T h e w a t e r i s t h e n d i v e r t e d i n t o t h e p r e s s u r e

t u n n e l , w h i c h h a s o n l y e x p e r i e n c e d a l e a k a g e p r o b l e m d u e t o m a i n t e n a n c e

e r r o r . I t s d a t a i s p r e s e n t e d i n t a b l e 4 . 2 .

L e v e l , [ m a s l ] S i g n i c a n c e

9 0 4 . 5 H i g h e s t o o d l e v e l

9 0 2 . 7 H i g h e s t r e g u l a t e d w a t e r l e v e l ( H R W L )

9 0 1 . 0 N o r m a l d r a w - d o w n l e v e l ( N R W L )

8 9 5 . 2 M i n i m u m d r a w - d o w n l e v e l ( M R W L )

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T h e S u r g e H e a d b a y

T h e d i m e n s i o n s o f t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y a r e f o u n d i n d r a w i n g " N o . 3 2 H 3 9 e ,

S u r g e H e a d b a y , p e n s t o c k i n t a k e w a l l s " [ 2 ] . T h e b a s e a r e a a t l e v e l 8 8 2 . 5

m a s l i s i l l u s t r a t e d i n g u r e 4 . 2 a n d t h e w a l l s i n g u r e 4 . 3 . T h e w a l l s a r e

d i v i d e d i n t o a g e n e r a l s e c t i o n ( G S ) a n d a n o p e r a t i n g p l a t f o r m ( O P ) . T h e

O P s e c t i o n p r o t r u d e s i n t o t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a u p t o a l e v e l o f 9 0 7 m a s l .

I n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y h a v e t h e r e n o t b e e n f o u n d a n y m a j o r f a u l t s d u r i n g

i n s p e c t i o n s . T h e i n d i c a t e d l e v e l s i n g u r e 4 . 3 a r e i d e n t i e d i n t a b l e 4 . 3 . F o r

t h e a i r s u c t i o n l e v e l a s a f e t y f a c t o r i s i n c l u d e d .

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F i g u r e 4 . 2 : S u r g e H e a d b a y b a s e a r e a ( n o t t o s c a l e )

F i g u r e 4 . 3 : S u r g e H e a d b a y w a l l s ( n o t t o s c a l e )

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A f t e r t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y t h e w a t e r w a y d i v i d e s i n t o f o u r p e n s t o c k s t h a t a r e

a l l i d e n t i c a l , a n d t h e d a t a i s p r e s e n t e d i n t a b l e 4 . 4 . T h e y a r e r e g u l a r l y

i n s p e c t e d b u t n o s i g n i c a n t p r o b l e m o t h e r t h a n s o m e p a i n t p e e l i n g i s f o u n d .

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t u r b i n e u n i t d a t a a r e p r e s e n t e d i n t a b l e 4 . 5 .

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T h e h u b e x p e r i e n c e s c a v i t a t i o n e r o s i o n i n t h e a r e a a s s e e n i n p i c t u r e 4 . 4 . I t

i s n o t a d v a n t a g e o u s t h a t i t i s m a d e o f c a s t i r o n . T h e p r o b l e m h a s n o t b e e n

c o n s i d e r e d t o b e s e r i o u s e n o u g h t o r e p a i r .

T h e r u n n e r e x p e r i e n c e s c a v i t a t i o n i n t h e d i s c h a r g e a r e a a l o n g t h e e n t i r e

t r a i l i n g e d g e w h i c h c a n b e o b s e r v e d i n p i c t u r e s 4 . 5 a n d 4 . 6 . T h e s e a r e a s a r e

i n s p e c t e d a n d m e a s u r e d e a c h y e a r a n d a r e a t t h e p r e s e n t n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o

y i e l d a n y s i g n i c a n t p r o b l e m s . T h e c a v i t a t i o n a e c t s t h e r e g u l a t i o n o f t h e

t u r b i n e a n d f o r c e d a i r a d m i s s i o n i n t h e d r a f t t u b e i s u s e d i n t h e r a n g e o f 3 5

4 0 M W a n d 7 0 8 0 M W . T h e t u r b i n e s a r e n o r m a l l y o p e r a t e d a t 8 0 M W a n d

c a n r u n u p t o 8 3 M W d u r i n g e m e r g e n c i e s , b u t t h e n i t i s n o t p o s s i b l e t o a v o i d

c a v i t a t i o n b y u s i n g f o r c e d a i r a d m i s s i o n . T h e c a u s e o f t h e c a v i t a t i o n i s n o t

e a s i l y d e t e r m i n e d , b u t i t i s p o s s i b l e t o r u l e o u t t h e N PSH A o f t h e s y s t e m .

D u r i n g t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e p o w e r s t a t i o n , t h e " n o r m a l " h i g h t a i l w a t e r

l e v e l w a s a s s e s s e d t o b e 7 6 4 . 7 m a s l f o r a t o t a l v o l u m e o w o f 2 2 5 m3/s

.

T h i s y i e l d s a s u b m e r g e n c e o f H s = 8.5m

, a n d a t o t a l N PSH A = 17.5m

a c c o r d i n g t o e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 5 ) . T h e t a i l w a t e r l e v e l v a r i e s w i t h t h e v o l u m e

o w a n d i t h a s b e e n d e e m e d s u c i e n t t o s u b t r a c t 1 5 % f r o m N PSH A f o r

f u t u r e c a l c u l a t i o n s . T h e n o m i n a l v o l u m e o w u s e d i n c a l c u l a t i o n s t o d a y i s

2 8 4 m3/s f o r f o u r u n i t s .

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F i g u r e 4 . 4 : C a v i t a t i o n o n t h e h u b

F i g u r e 4 . 5 : C a v i t a t i o n o n t h e t r a i l i n g e d g e a n d t h e o u t e r r i n g

F i g u r e 4 . 6 : C a v i a t i o n o n t h e t r a i l i n g e d g e n e a r t h e h u b

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4 T u r b i n e U n i t s 1 - 3

T h i s d e g r e e o f s u b m e r g e n c e s h o u l d b e s u c i e n t , a n d t h e r e f o r e i t i s

p r o b a b l e t h a t t h e c a v i t a t i o n p r o b l e m i s d u e t o t h e d e s i g n o f t h e r u n n e r s .

U n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e d o e s n o t e x i s t s u c i e n t i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e e x i s t i n g

r u n n e r d e s i g n i n o r d e r t o e s t a b l i s h a d e t a i l e d p i c t u r e . T h e m a i n d i m e n s i o n s

a r e p r e s e n t e d i n t a b l e 4 . 5 , a n d g u r e 4 . 7 p r e s e n t s a n e x t r a c t o f t h e o n l y

a v a i l a b l e m a c h i n e d r a w i n g o f t h e r u n n e r b l a d e s " M B 9 0 4 8 1 1 0 9 A , R u n n e r "

[ 2 ] . F r o m d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h O l e G u n n a r D a l h a u g i t h a s b e e n p o i n t e d o u t t h a t

t h e p r e s s u r e d i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e i n l e t m a y c a u s e t h e c a v i t a t i o n p r o b l e m i n

t h e o u t l e t [ 1 2 ] . I t i s t h e r e f o r e p r o b a b l e t h a t w i t h a n e w d e s i g n o f t h e r u n n e r

t h e c a v i t a t i o n p r o b l e m s m a y v a n i s h .

4 . 2 . 1 O t h e r e v a l u a t e d f a c t o r s

A r e p l a c e m e n t o f t h e s t a y r i n g / w i c k e t g a t e i s o u t o f t h e q u e s t i o n . T h e s t a y

r i n g i s q u i t e t h i c k , b e c a u s e i t s u p p o r t s t h e t h r u s t b e a r i n g . I n t h e b e g i n n i n g

w e r e t h e r m a n y p r o b l e m s w i t h t h e t h r u s t b e a r i n g , a n d t h e t u r b i n e c o u l d n o t

o p e r a t e o v e r 7 0 M W . I t w a s r e p l a c e d a n d t h e p r o b l e m s d i s a p p e a r e d . T h e

g u i d e v a n e s a n d t h e d r a f t t u b e a r e a l s o r e g u l a r l y i n s p e c t e d b u t t h e r e h a v e

n o t b e e n a n y n o t a b l e p r o b l e m s . I n t h e s p i r a l c a s i n g t h e a l l o w a b l e p r e s s u r e

i s 1 7 8 m W C [ 2 5 ] . T h e n e w u n i t i n c o m p a r i s o n t o t h e e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s h a s

a s m a l l e r o u t l e t d i a m e t e r a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y a h i g h e r r o t a t i o n a l s p e e d . I n

o r d e r t o b e a b l e t o c o m p a r e t h e u n i t s a t R u a c a n a t o s i m i l a r i n s t a l l a t i o n s

h a s i t b e e n v e r y d i c u l t t o o b t a i n a d e q u a t e i n f o r m a t i o n . F o r t h e t u r b i n e s

i s n12

≈59

a t R u a c a n a . A c o m p a r i s o n w i t h t h e p o w e r p l a n t s p r e s e n t e d i n

3 . 1 i t i s f o u n d t h a t t h e p o w e r p l a n t s w i t h s i m i l a r v a l u e s h a v e o b t a i n e d a n

a v e r a g e i n c r e a s e i n o u t p u t o f 1 9 % .

F i g u r e 4 . 7 : E x i t i n g t u r b i n e s r u n n e r b l a d e s [ 2 ]

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4 . 3 C o m p o n e n t s d o w n s t r e a m t u r b i n e

S u r g e C h a m b e r a n d T a i l r a c e

T h e d i s c h a r g e f r o m t h e f o u r t u r b i n e s a r e j o i n e d i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r , b e f o r e

i t i s l e a d o u t i n t o t h e o p e n t h r o u g h t h e t a i l r a c e . T h e s h a p e a n d m e a s u r e d

c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a i s p r e s e n t e d i n g u r e 4 . 8 , w h i c h i s t a k e n f r o m d r a w i n g

" 0 - 4 2 / 3 7 5 r e v . 5 S u r g e C h a m b e r G e n e r a l A r r a n g e m e n t " [ 2 ] . T h e A c c e s s

G a l l e r y l e a d s d o w n t o t h e m a i n s t a t i o n h a l l , a n d t h e r e f o r e t h e u p s u r g e l e v e l

i s o f p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t f o r t h e s a f e t y o f t h e p l a n t . T h i s i s d e n o t e d i n t h e

g u r e a s " p e r m i s s i b l e o o d w a t e r l e v e l " a t 7 7 5 m a s l . D u r i n g i n s p e c t i o n s

n e i t h e r t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r n o r t h e T a i l r a c e h a s b e e n s u b j e c t e d t o a n y

n o t a b l e m a i n t e n a n c e p r o b l e m s .

T h e t a i l w a t e r l e v e l r e s u l t s f r o m a c o m b i n a t i o n o f h e a d l o s s i n t h e t a i l r a c e

t u n n e l a n d t h e r i s e i n w a t e r l e v e l i n t h e r i v e r o u t s i d e t h e t u n n e l e x i t . T h e

w a t e r l e v e l i n t h e r i v e r i s d i c u l t t o d e t e r m i n e b e c a u s e i t d e p e n d s o n

t h e a v e r a g e o w i n t h e r i v e r o v e r a p e r i o d o f t i m e . T a b l e 4 . 6 p r e s e n t s

t h e i d e n t i e d t a i l w a t e r l e v e l s c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e v o l u m e o w i n t h e

s t a t i o n . T h e l a s t e n t r y i s f a i r l y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r c o n d i t i o n s a t n o r m a l h i g h

w a t e r l e v e l i n t h e r i v e r . D r a w i n g a s t r a i g h t l i n e b e t w e e n t h e t w o m i d d l e

m e a s u r e m e n t s a n i n c l i n e o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 0.003

i s o b t a i n e d . T h i s y i e l d s a n

a c c e p t a b l e r e l a t i o n s h i p f o r t h e w a t e r r i s e i n t h e t u n n e l : ∆h = 0.003Qstation .

T h e h i g h e s t o o d l e v e l i n t h e t a i l w a t e r i s 7 6 9 . 2 m a s l .

W a t e r l e v e l , [ m a s l ] V o l u m e o w ,

[m3/s]

7 6 1 . 0 0 M e a s u r e d l e v e l a f t e r s t o p f o r

1 2 h o u r s

7 6 2 . 6 6 8 M e a s u r e d l e v e l , o n e u n i t i n

o p e r a t i o n

7 6 2 . 8 1 3 6 M e a s u r e d l e v e l , t w o u n i t s i n

o p e r a t i o n

7 6 4 . 5 2 2 5 A s s e s s e d l e v e l d u r i n g c o n -

s t r u c t i o n

T a b l e 4 . 6 : T a i l w a t e r l e v e l s a n d v o l u m e o w

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4 C o m p o n e n t s d o w n s t r e a m t u r b i n e

F i g u r e 4 . 8 : S u r g e C h a m b e r d i m e n s i o n s [ 2 ]

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C h a p t e r 5

C a l c u l a t i o n M e t h o d s

T h i s s e c t i o n p r e s e n t s t h e c a l c u l a t i o n m e t h o d s f o r w a t e r h a m m e r a n d s u r g e

o s c i l l a t i o n . F i n a l l y , a c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l f o r i n v e s t i g a t i n g p o s s i b l e i n c r e a s e i n

p o w e r o u t p u t i s p r e s e n t e d .

5 . 1 G e n e r a l a s s u m p t i o n s

T h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y i s c a l c u l a t e d b a s e d o n g u r e s

4 . 2 a n d 4 . 3 . A t a b l e i s g e n e r a t e d w h i c h c o n t a i n s t h e a r e a f r o m t h e b a s e t o

t h e t o p w i t h a n i n c r e m e n t o f 0.1m

i n t h e M a t l a b . T h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a

o f t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r i s f o u n d i n g u r e 4 . 8 . F o r t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s a t t i m e

n + 1i t i s a s s u m e d s u c i e n t t o u s e t h e a r e a c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e s u r g e l e v e l

a t t i m e

n.

5 . 2 P r e s s u r e c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l

A M a t l a b p r o g r a m i s d e v e l o p e d t o c a l c u l a t e t h e p r e s s u r e a t R u a c a n a , a n d i t

i s p r e s e n t e d i n a p p e n d i x B . 1 . T h e f o l l o w i n g p r e s e n t s t h e s y s t e m o f e q u a t i o n s

b a s e d o n t h e e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s a t R u a c a n a w h i c h i s s i m p l i e d a c c o r d i n g t o

g u r e 5 . 1 . I t i s t h e f r e e s u r f a c e o f t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y t h a t a e c t s t h e p r e s s u r e

w a v e . I t c a n i n p a r t b e r e g a r d e d a s a n e x t e n s i o n o f t h e t h e o r y p r e s e n t e d i n

s e c t i o n 2 . 1 . 1 . A l l o f t h e f o u r p e n s t o c k s a r e i d e n t i c a l w h i c h m e a n s t h a t t h e

w a t e r h a m m e r i s t h e s a m e f o r e a c h t u r b i n e s i n c e t h e y a r e a l l o p e n e d a n d

c l o s e d i n t h e s a m e m a n n e r [ 3 ] .

5 . 2 . 1 N u m e r i c a l e q u a t i o n s w a t e r h a m m e r

T h e r e s u l t i n g n u m e r i c a l e q u a t i o n s y s t e m f r o m a p p l y i n g t h e t r a p e z o i d a l r u l e

o n e q u a t i o n s ( 2 . 7 ) a n d ( 2 . 8 ) i s g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n s ( 5 . 1 ) a n d ( 5 . 2 ) . W h e r e

t h e s u b s c r i p t P

d e n o t e s t h e v a l u e a t t h e c u r r e n t t i m e s t e p , A

r e f e r s t o t h e

p r e c e d i n g v a l u e a t x − dx

a n d B

t o t h e s u c c e e d i n g v a l u e a t x + dx

.

C + : H P = H A − B (QP − QA) − RQP |QA|( 5 . 1 )

C − : H P = H B + B (QP − QA) + RQP |QB| ( 5 . 2 )

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F i g u r e 5 . 1 : I l l u s t r a t i o n o f w a t e r w a y f o r w a t e r h a m m e r c a l c u l a t i o n s

B i s k n o w n a s t h e p i p e l i n e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c i m p e d a n c e , a n d i s g i v e n b y

e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 3 ) . R i s t h e p i p e l i n e r e s i s t a n c e c o e c i e n t o v e r t h e s t r e t c h ∆x

a n d

i t i s h e r e d e n e d a s i n e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 4 ) d u e t o t h e k n o w n h e a d l o s s c o e c i e n t

g i v e n i n 4 .

B =a

gA( 5 . 3 )

R = c( 5 . 4 )

F u r t h e r d i s c r e t i s a t i o n o f e q u a t i o n s ( 5 . 1 ) a n d ( 5 . 2 ) a r e d o n e b y s e p a r a t i n g

t h e s e i n t o e q u a t i o n s f o r H a n d Q i n ( 5 . 5 ) a n d ( 5 . 6 ) . A s o l u t i o n c a n b e

o b t a i n e d f o r e a c h i n t e r i o r p o i n t P a t (x)

i n w h i c h t h e v a l u e s C A ,

C B a n d QR

a r e k n o w n a n d d e n e d b y e q u a t i o n s ( 5 . 7 ) ( 5 . 9 ) .

H (x, n) =1

B(C A − BQR) +

1

BC B ( 5 . 5 )

Q(x, n) = 1B (H (x, n) − C B) + Q(x + dx,n − 1) ( 5 . 6 )

C A = H (x − dx,n − 1) − RQ(x − dx,n − 1) |Q(x − dx,n − 1)|( 5 . 7 )

C B = H (x + dx,n − 1) + RQ(x + dx,n − 1) |Q(x + dx,n − 1)|( 5 . 8 )

QR = Q(x + dx,n − 1) − Q(x + dx,n − 1)( 5 . 9 )

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5 . 2 . 2 B o u n d a r y c o n d i t i o n s

A t H (x0, n)

t h e p i e z o m e t e r p r e s s u r e i s d e n e d b y t h e s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n t h e

S u r g e H e a d b a y a s i n e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 1 0 ) . T h e v o l u m e o w i s c a l c u l a t e d f r o m

e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 6 ) .

H (x0, n) = Z (n − 1) + dtQ(x − dx,n − 1) − Q(x + dx,n − 1)

As1(n − 1)( 5 . 1 0 )

I n t h i s s y s t e m t h e t u r b i n e i s s e t t o b e h a v e a s a v a l v e , a n d t h e v o l u m e

o w t h r o u g h t h e t u r b i n e i s d e n e d b y e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 1 1 ) . T h e v a l v e e l e v a t i o n

i s u s e d a s t h e r e f e r e n c e d a t u m w h e r e t h e o w d i s c h a r g e s t o t h e a t m o s p h e r e .

T h e p r e s s u r e i s c a l c u l a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 1 3 ) .

Q(L, n) = −0.5BC V + 0.5

(BC V )2 + 4C V C P ( 5 . 1 1 )

C V =(κQn)2

H n( 5 . 1 2 )

H (x, n) =

Q(x, t)

κQn

2H n ( 5 . 1 3 )

5 . 2 . 3 C a l c u l a t i o n p r o c e d u r e

T h e c a l c u l a t i o n p r o c e d u r e i s [ 2 9 ] , [ 3 7 ] :

1 . T h e c o n d u i t i s d i v i d e d i n t o p a r t i t i o n s d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p

∆x = a∆t. I n o r d e r t o o b t a i n b o u n d a r y c o n d i t i o n s a t t h e e n d s L∆xm u s t b e a p o s i t i v e i n t e g e r .

2 . I n i t i a l v a l u e s a t t = 0

f o r Q a n d H a r e c a l c u l a t e d a t e a c h i n t e r i o r p o i n t

a n d s t o r e d .

3 . T h e e q u a t i o n s y s t e m d e s c r i b e d i n 5 . 2 . 1 a n d 5 . 2 . 2 i s s o l v e d t h e r e a f t e r

f o r t i m e s t e p s d e t e r m i n e d b y d t .

5 . 2 . 4 V e r i c a t i o n o f W a t e r h a m m e r M o d e l

A n a l y t i c N u m e r i c D e v i a t i o n

T L 0 s 0 . 0 0 4 2 s 0 . 0 0 4 2 s

T R 0 . 3 4 s 0 . 3 3 s 0 . 1 s

p 0 . 6 s 0 . 6 s 0 s

∆h8 5 5 . 9 m W C 8 5 5 . 8 m W C 0 . 1 m W C

T a b l e 5 . 1 : V e r i c a t i o n : I d e a l a n d a c t u a l v a l u e s o f w a t e r h a m m e r

T h e w a t e r h a m m e r p r o g r a m i s v e r i e d b y c a l c u l a t i n g t h e o w e l d

w i t h o u t l o s s e s , a n d t h e r e s u l t s a r e s h o w n i n g u r e 5 . 2 . I n t h e g u r e t h e

c l o s i n g t i m e o f t h e v a l v e i s T L = dt = 0.0042s

, a n d i t i s s h o r t e r t h a n t h e

r e e c t i o n t i m e o f a p r e s s u r e w a v e T R c a l c u l a t e d b y e q u a t i o n ( 2 . 5 ) . T h e

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5 S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n m o d e l

F i g u r e 5 . 2 : V e r i c a t i o n W a t e r H a m m e r p r o g r a m

p r e s s u r e i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y i s s e t t o b e c o n s t a n t . I n t a b l e 5 . 1 a r e t h e

i d e a l a n a l y t i c v a l u e s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e t h e o r y i n 2 . 1 . 1 p r e s e n t e d a l o n g w i t h

t h e v a l u e s f o u n d i n t h e g r a p h . T h i s r e p r e s e n t s t h e n u m e r i c a l e r r o r i n t h e

M a t l a b p r o g r a m .

5 . 3 S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n m o d e l

T h e d e v e l o p e d M a t l a b p r o g r a m w h i c h i n v e s t i g a t e s t h e s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n s

l e v e l s i n b o t h s u r g e t a n k s b y u s i n g a n E u l e r c o d e i s f o u n d i n a p p e n d i x B . 2 .

F i g u r e 5 . 3 r e p r e s e n t s t h e s i m p l i e d w a t e r w a y s y s t e m a t R u a c a n a u s e d i n

t h e s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n c a l c u l a t i o n s . H e r e i s t h e p r e s s u r e t u n n e l a s s u m e d t o

c o n s i s t o f o n e t u n n e l . A w e i g h t e d c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a o f 5 1 . 9 9 m2

i s u s e d .

I n a d d i t i o n , t h e f o u r p e n s t o c k s a r e a s s u m e d t o b e o n e .

F i g u r e 5 . 3 : I l l u s t r a t i o n o f w a t e r w a y u s e d i n s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n c a l c u l a t i o n s

2 8

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5 C a l c u l a t i o n M e t h o d s

5 . 3 . 1 S y s t e m o f e q u a t i o n s : S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n

E q u a t i o n s 5 . 1 4 t o 5 . 2 1 a r e l i n e a r p a r t i a l d i e r e n t i a l e q u a t i o n s u s e d t o s o l v e

s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n t h e t w o s u r g e t a n k s i l l u s t r a t e d i n g u r e 5 . 3 [ 1 6 ] [ 2 9 ] . A

s o l u t i o n c a n b e o b t a i n e d b y u s i n g a n E u l e r c o d e i n M a t l a b . A s a b a s i s f o r

t h e e q u a t i o n s i s i t i m p o r t a n t t o n o t e t h e f o l l o w i n g a s s u m p t i o n s :

1 . T h e e l a s t i c e e c t o f t h e w a t e r i s n e g l e c t e d b e c a u s e t h e s e t y p e s o f

o s c i l l a t i o n s a r e s l o w a n d t h e r e f o r e t h e c h a n g e v o l u m e o w i s s l o w .

2 . T h e m a s s e s o f t h e s h a f t s a r e n e g l e c t e d . T h e r e f o r e i s t h e p r e s s u r e i n

i n t e r s e c t i o n 1 e q u a l t o t h e w a t e r l e v e l i n s u r g e t a n k 1 , a n d t h e p r e s s u r e

i n i n t e r s e c t i o n 2 e q u a l t o t h e w a t e r l e v e l i n s u r g e t a n k 2 .

3 . C o m p r e s s i b i l i t y e e c t s a r e n o t s i g n i c a n t .

dQ1

dt=

gA1

L1

(H 0 − z1 − c1Q1 |Q1|) ( 5 . 1 4 )

dQ2

dt=

gA2

L2

z1 − z2 − H n

Q2

κQn

− c2Q2 |Q2|

( 5 . 1 5 )

dQ3

dt=

gA3

L2

(z2 − H u − c3Q3 |Q3|) ( 5 . 1 6 )

W h e r e t h e g e n e r a l e q u a t i o n f o r h e a d l o s s c o e c i e n t c

i s g i v e n i n e q u a t i o n

( 5 . 1 7 )

c =f L

2gA2D( 5 . 1 7 )

F o r t h e w a t e r w a y s y s t e m a t R u a c a n a a r e m e a s u r e d v a l u e s u s e d . T h e

c o n t i n u i t y e q u a t i o n s ( 5 . 1 8 ) a n d ( 5 . 1 9 ) d e s c r i b e t h e r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e s u r g e

s h a f t s a n d t u n n e l s . R e s p e c t i v e l y i n i n t e r s e c t i o n s 1 a n d 2 i n g u r e 5 . 3 .

Qs1 = Q1 − Q2 ( 5 . 1 8 )

Qs2 = Q2 − Q3 ( 5 . 1 9 )

T h e w a t e r l e v e l i n t h e s u r g e t a n k s a r e g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n s ( 5 . 2 0 ) a n d

( 5 . 2 1 ) . T h e s e e q u a t i o n s a r e s o l v e d w i t h a n E u l e r c o d e i n M a t l a b , a n d t h e

p r o g r a m i s p r e s e n t e d i n a p p e n d i x B . 2 .

dz1dt

=1

As1Qs1 ( 5 . 2 0 )

dz2

dt=

1

As2

Qs2 ( 5 . 2 1 )

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5 I n c r e a s e p o w e r o u t p u t

5 . 3 . 2 W o r s t c a s e s c e n a r i o s

T h e w a t e r o w o f t h e K u n e n e r i v e r i s h i g h l y d e p e n d e n t o n t h e s e a s o n a n d

o o d c o n d i t i o n s , a n d m u s t b e t a k e n i n t o a c c o u n t w h e n d e t e r m i n i n g t h e w o r s t

c a s e s c e n a r i o s .

T h e o b j e c t i v e s o f t h e s i m u l a t i o n s o f t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y a r e :

E n s u r e t h a t t h e w a t e r d o e s n o t r i s e o v e r t h e t o p o f t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y

a t a l e v e l o f 909.7 masl

.

A v o i d s u c t i o n o f a i r i n t o t h e p e n s t o c k . T h i s h a p p e n s i f t h e w a t e r

r e c e d e s t h e l e v e l o f 895.1 masl

.

A l l s i m u l a t i o n s o f s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n s t a r t s b y r e j e c t i n g f r o m n o m i n a l

v o l u m e o w Qn d o w n t o z e r o . I n o r d e r t o n d t h e m a x i m u m u p - a n d

d o w n s u r g e i s t h i s f o l l o w e d b y r e l o a d i n g o f o n e t u r b i n e a n d a s u b s e q u e n t

r e j e c t i o n a t t h e w o r s t p o s s i b l e t i m e . L a t e r t h i s i s r e f e r r e d t o a s a r e l o a d / r e j e c t

s e q u e n c e . F o r 4 u n i t s i n o p e r a t i o n a t e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s i s t h e n o m i n a l

v o l u m e o w Qn = 284m3/s

, a n d 1 u n i t Qn1 = 71m3/s

. T h e v a l v e i s c l o s e d

u s i n g a n a d m i s s i o n s d e g r e e w h i c h i s d e n e d a s κQn . T h i s e n t a i l s t h a t f o r

o n e t u r b i n e w h e n 4 u n i t s a r e i n o p e r a t i o n i s t h e r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e r u n

u p t o 0 . 2 5 , f o r o n e t u r b i n e w h e n 3 u n i t s a r e i n o p e r a t i o n 0 . 3 3 a n d s o o n . T h e

f a s t e s t o p e r a t i o n t i m e f o r r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e o f o n e u n i t i s a t m i n i m u m

3 minutes. T h e t a i l w a t e r l e v e l i s c a l c u l a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o

H u = 0.03Q0 +764

m a s l .

T h e o b j e c t i v e f o r t h e s i m u l a t i o n s o f t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r i s t o e n s u r e t h a t

t h e w a t e r d o e s n o t e x c e e d t h e m a x i m u m p e r m i s s i b l e w a t e r l e v e l o f 7 7 5 m a s l .

O n l y t h e u p s u r g e i s c r i t i c a l t o t h e s t a t i o n . B e c a u s e a d o w n s u r g e w i l l o n l y

l e a d t o a t r a n s i t i o n b e t w e e n s u b m e r g e d a n d f r e e w a t e r s u r f a c e c o n d i t i o n s

i n t h e t a i l r a c e t u n n e l . T h e w o r s t c a s e s c e n a r i o i s w h e n t h e l e v e l i n t h e

t a i l r a c e i s a t o o d l e v e l o f 7 6 9 . 2 m a s l . R e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e s s h o u l d a l s o

b e e v a l u a t e d .

5 . 3 . 3 V e r i c a t i o n o f S u r g e O s c i l l a t i o n M o d e l

T h e s u r g e p r o g r a m i s v e r i e d b y c a l c u l a t i n g t h e o w e l d w i t h o u t l o s s e s

a n d u s i n g a n i n n i t e c o n s t a n t c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a o f 2 8 , 5 5 0 m2

i n t h e S u r g e

H e a d b a y a n d 4 3 6 , 8 8 0 m2

i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r . T h e r e s u l t f o r l o a d r e j e c t i o n

i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y i s s h o w n i n g u r e 5 . 4 a n d g u r e 5 . 5 . T h e r e s u l t s o f

r e l o a d f o r b o t h c h a m b e r s c a n b e f o u n d i n a p p e n d i x C . 1 . T h e c a l c u l a t i o n s

s h o w t h a t t h e o s c i l l a t i o n l e v e l s e x c e e d s a l l l i m i t s b e c a u s e t h e s y s t e m i s n o t

d a m p e d b y h e a d l o s s e s . T h i s i s a l s o t h e c a s e w h e n l o o k i n g a t t h e c u r v e s

f o r r e l o a d i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y i n g u r e C . 1 a n d i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r i n

g u r e C . 2 . T h e g u r e s a r e n u m e r i c a l s t a b l e w h e n u s i n g dt = 0.1

, a n d t h e

m a x i m u m a n d m i n i m u m v a l u e s d i e r s i n s i g n i c a n t l y . T h e o s c i l l a t i o n i n t h e

S u r g e H e a d b a y i s s l o w e r t h a n i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r .

5 . 4 I n c r e a s e p o w e r o u t p u t

A c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l f o r i n v e s t i g a t i n g a p o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t o f

t h e e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s i s p r e s e n t e d h e r e . T h e p a r a m e t e r s n , D1 , D2 N PSH A

3 0

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5 C a l c u l a t i o n M e t h o d s

F i g u r e 5 . 4 : V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e H e a d b a y l o a d r e j e c t i o n

F i g u r e 5 . 5 : V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e C h a m b e r l o a d r e j e c t i o n

a n d H n a r e k n o w n . T h e c a l c u l a t i o n m o d e l s t a r t s b y u s i n g t h e c a v i t a t i o n

l i m i t a s a d e s i g n c r i t e r i a , a n d a s a f e t y f a c t o r o f 1 5 % i s s u b t r a c t e d y i e l d i n g

t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p ( 5 . 2 2 ) .

N PSH T ≤ N PSH A(1 − 0.15)( 5 . 2 2 )

E q u a t i o n ( 2 . 1 4 ) f o r c a l c u l a t i n g N PSH T i s r e a r r a n g e d i n o r d e r t o n d

β 2d i r e c t l y i n e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 2 5 ) . T h i s c o r r e l a t i o n i s f o u n d b y u s i n g t h e r e d u c e d

v a l u e o f u2 ( 5 . 2 3 ) a n d t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p i n ( 5 . 2 4 ) .

u2 =u2√

2gH n( 5 . 2 3 )

A t n o m i n a l l o a d d o e s t h e a b s o l u t e m e r i d i a n v e l o c i t y i n c r e a s e , w h i l e t h e

o u t l e t a n g l e β 2 r e m a i n s t h e s a m e . E q u a t i o n ( 5 . 2 4 ) y i e l d s t h e c o r r e l a t i o n

b e t w e e n o w a t f u l l l o a d a n d b e s t e c i e n c y p o i n t . T h e v a l u e o f t h e a d m i s s i o n

c o e c i e n t κ

i s a s s u m e d t o b e 1 . 1 5 f o r a m e d i u m h e a d F r a n c i s t u r b i n e .

κ =

cm2

∗cm2 =

Qn

∗Q( 5 . 2 4 )

3 1

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5 I n c r e a s e p o w e r o u t p u t

A s e l e c t i o n o f f a v o u r a b l e o u t l e t a n g l e s a r e f o u n d f o r a r a n g e o f N PSH T

s t a r t i n g f r o m ( 5 . 2 2 ) a n d d e c r e a s e w i t h a n i n c r e m e n t o f 0.1m

. A n i t e r a t i v e

p r o c e d u r e i s u s e d t o n d β 2 f r o m e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 2 5 ) w h e r e t h e v a l u e o f

bd e p e n d s

o n t h e s p e e d n u m b e r g i v e n b y e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 2 6 ) . O u t l e t a n g l e s t h a t a r e l a r g e r

t h a n

20

, o r s m a l l e r t h a n

13

a r e d i s c a r d e d .

β 2 = tan−1

1

aκ2

N PSH T

H nu22− b

( 5 . 2 5 )

∗Ω = u3/22

πtan(β 2)

( 5 . 2 6 )

I n o r d e r t o v e r i f y t h a t t h e g u r e s a r e c a l c u l a t e d a t B E P t h e v a l u e s o f

∗cm2 a n d

∗cu2 a r e c a l c u l a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o e q u a t i o n s ( 5 . 2 7 ) a n d ( 5 . 2 8 ) . W h e r e

∗cu2 = 0a t B E P .

∗cm2 = u2tan(β 2)( 5 . 2 7 )

∗cu2 = u2 −∗cm2

tan(β 2)= 0

( 5 . 2 8 )

T h e v o l u m e o w

∗Qi s c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 2 9 ) . A n i n c r e a s e i n

t h e v o l u m e o w c o m p a r e d t o t h e e x i s t i n g i s e x p e c t e d .

∗Q =

∗Ω(2gH n)3/4

ω

2

( 5 . 2 9 )

N PSH T i s r e c a l c u l a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o ( 2 . 1 4 ) t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e c a v i t a t i o n

c r i t e r i a i s f u l l l e d a t n o m i n a l l o a d . T h e r e a f t e r , t h e p o w e r o u t p u t i s c a l c u l a t e d

a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p o w e r e q u a t i o n ( 5 . 3 2 ) f o r h y d r a u l i c e c i e n c y i n t h e r a n g e

f r o m 0 . 9 2 t o 0 . 9 6 . H new i s t h e r e d u c t i o n i n n e t h e a d

H e , w h i c h i s a c c o u n t e d

f o r b y r s t c a l c u l a t i n g t h e h e a d l o s s e s i n t h e w a t e r w a y a c c o r d i n g t o

e q u a t i o n 5 . 3 0 a n d t h e n e w h e a d i s c a l c u l a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o e q u a t i o n 5 . 3 1 .

A m a t l a b p r o g r a m i s d e v e l o p e d i n o r d e r t o p r e s e n t t h e c o r r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n

t h e r e d u c t i o n i n n e t h e a d a n d t h e p o w e r o u t p u t . T h e p r o g r a m i s p r e s e n t e d

i n a p p e n d i x B . 3 .

hf = c1Q2station + c2Q2

unit + ctQ2unit;

( 5 . 3 0 )

H new = H 0 − hf

Q2new

Q2unit

( 5 . 3 1 )

hf - T o t a l h e a d l o s s f r o m i n t a k e t o e x i t o f d r a f t t u b e [ m

]

Qstation - T o t a l v o l u m e o w i n t h e s t a t i o n [ m3/s

]

Qunit - V o l u m e o w o n e u n i t [ m3/s

]

Qnew - N e w v o l u m e o w f o r o n e u n i t [ m3/s

]

P n = ηρgQunitH new ( 5 . 3 2 )

A n i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f d r a w i n g " M B 9 - 0 4 3 . 1 1 0 9 A ; R u n n e r " h a s l e a d t o t h e

c o n c l u s i o n t h a t i t i s p o s s i b l e t o i n c r e a s e t h e o u t l e t d i a m e t e r b y m a x i m u m 6 0

m m . T h i s c o m p r i s e s a c h a n g e o f l o w e r c o v e r a n d d r a f t t u b e c o n e .

3 2

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C h a p t e r 6

R e s u l t s

T h e o b j e c t i v e o f t h e s i m u l a t i o n o f t h e d y n a m i c r e s p o n s e i n t h e w a t e r w a y i s

t o n d o u t i f t h e s y s t e m c a n h a n d l e a n i n c r e a s e i n v o l u m e o w . T h e r e s u l t

i s t h e n u s e d i n t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f p o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t .

6 . 1 A n a l y s i s : E x i s t i n g H y d r a u l i c C o n d i t i o n s

T h e f u l l a n a l y s i s o f t h e e x i s t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s i s d e s c r i b e d i n a p p e n d i x

C . 2 , a n d a s u m m a r y i s p r e s e n t e d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g . O n l y w o r s t c a s e s c e n a r i o s

a r e c o n s i d e r e d .

6 . 1 . 1 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e H e a d b a y

T a b l e 6 . 1 p r e s e n t s t h e m a x i m u m u p - a n d d o w n s u r g e i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y

w i t h 4 u n i t s i n o p e r a t i o n . A l l s u r g e l e v e l s w a s w i t h i n t h e l i m i t s . T h e

m a x i m u m u p s u r g e Z max w a s 9 0 9 . 3 m a s l a t h i g h e s t o o d l e v e l ( H F L ) i n

t h e i n t a k e i l l u s t r a t e d i n g u r e C . 3 . I n t a b l e 6 . 2 t h e m i n i m u m l e v e l s i n t h e

i n t a k e f o r o p e r a t i o n o f 1 t o 4 u n i t s p r e s e n t e d .

F o r t h e m i n i m u m d r a w - d o w n w a t e r l e v e l ( M R W L ) o f 8 9 5 . 2 m a s l i n

t h e i n t a k e w a s i t f o u n d t h a t o n l y o n e u n i t c a n b e o p e r a t e d . I n a l l t h e s e

s i m u l a t i o n s t h e u p s u r g e i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r d i d n o t e x c e e d t h e l i m i t o f

7 7 5 m a s l , n o r d i d t h e d o w n s u r g e g o b e l o w 7 6 4 . 7 m a s l .

S c e n a r i o Z max , [ m a s l ]

Z min , [ m a s l ] F i g u r e

H F L 9 0 9 . 3 8 9 8 . 8 C . 3

T a b l e 6 . 1 : R e s u l t s : a n a l y s i s o f e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s i n S u r g e H e a d b a y 4 u n i t s

N o o f u n i t s H 0 , [ m a s l ] F i g u r e

1 8 9 5 . 2 C . 4

2 8 9 6 . 4 C . 5

3 8 9 7 C . 6

4 8 9 7 . 4 C . 7

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6 . 1 . 2 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e C h a m b e r

F o r 1 t o 4 u n i t s i n o p e r a t i o n t h e m a x i m u m l e v e l s i n t h e t a i l r a c e a r e p r e s e n t e d

i n t a b l e 6 . 3 . T h e s i m u l a t i o n s c l e a r l y s h o w e d t h a t r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e s

m u s t b e c a r r i e d o u t c a r e f u l l y i n o r d e r t o a v o i d e x c e s s i v e s u r g e s . A l l o t h e r

t a i l r a c e l e v e l s i n t a b l e 4 . 6 l e a d t o s u r g e s t h a t a r e w e l l w i t h i n t h e l i m i t s o f

t h e c h a m b e r . I n t h e g r a p h s a r e t h e u p s u r g e s s u d d e n b e c a u s e t h e o s c i l l a t i o n

a l t e r s b e t w e e n a f r e e - w a t e r s u r f a c e w i t h a l a r g e a r e a i n t h e t u n n e l . W h e n

t h e w a t e r l e v e l r i s e a b o v e t h e t a i l r a c e t u n n e l r o o f d e n o t e d b y t h e t u r q u o i s e

d o t t e t l i n e , a s u d d e n a r e a c o n t r a c t i o n o c c u r s . T h e g r a p h s p r e s e n t s w o r s t

c a s e s c e n a r i o s w i t h a h i g h w a t e r l e v e l i n t h e t a i l r a c e , w h i c h i s n o t n o r m a l l y

t h e c a s e .

N o o f u n i t s H u , [ m a s l ] F i g u r e

4 7 6 8 C . 8

3 7 6 8 . 3 C . 9

2 7 6 8 . 7 C . 1 0

1 7 6 9 . 2 C . 1 1

T a b l e 6 . 3 : R e s u l t s : A n a l y s i s o f e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s i n S u r g e C h a m b e r

6 . 1 . 3 P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e

T h e p r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t h e t u r b i n e i s d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e h i g h e s t w a t e r l e v e l

i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y a n d w i t h t h e v o l u m e o w o f o n e t u r b i n e 7 1 m3/s

. T h e

r e s u l t i s s h o w n i n g u r e 6 . 1 , a n d t h e m a x i m u m w a t e r p r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f

o n e t u r b i n e i s 1 7 2 . 4 m W C . T h e p r e s s u r e r i s e i s g o v e r n e d b y t h e e l e v a t i o n i n

t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y u n t i l t h e v a l v e c l o s e s . T h e r e a f t e r d o e s t h e o s c i l l a t i o n o f

t h e w a t e r h a m m e r g o v e r n t h e p r e s s u r e w i t h a p e r i o d o f 0 . 6 6

s.

F i g u r e 6 . 1 : P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e , Z max = 909.3

m a s l a n d Qunit =

71m3/s

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6 . 2 A n a l y s i s : I n c r e a s i n g V o l u m e F l o w

T h e a n a l y s i s a i m s t o n d t h e m a x i m u m i n c r e a s e i n v o l u m e o w , w h i c h d o e s

n o t c o m p r o m i s e t h e s a f e t y o f t h e p l a n t . O n l y t h e w o r s t c a s e s c e n a r i o s a r e

e v a l u a t e d .

6 . 2 . 1 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e H e a d b a y

I t i s f o u n d t h a t a n i n c r e a s e i n n o m i n a l v o l u m e o w o f t h e s t a t i o n t o 340m3/s

i s p o s s i b l e . T h e u p s u r g e i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y r e a c h e s a l e v e l o f 9 0 9 . 7 m a s l ,

a n d a r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e d o e s n o t l e a d t o a h i g h e r l e v e l a s c a n b e s e e n

i n g u r e 6 . 2 .

F i g u r e 6 . 2 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n S H , H 0 = 904.5

m a s l Qn,station = 340m3/s

T h e m i n i m u m d r a w - d o w n l e v e l m u s t b e i n c r e a s e d f o r t h e n e w v o l u m e

o w . F o r o p e r a t i o n o f 1 4 u n i t s a r e t h e y p r e s e n t e d i n t a b l e 6 . 4 . T h e r e s u l t

o f 4 u n i t s i n o p e r a t i o n i s i l l u s t r a t e d i n g u r e 6 . 3 , a l l o t h e r g u r e s c a n b e

f o u n d i n a p p e n d i x C . 3 .

N o . o f u n i t s M R W L [ m a s l ] I n c r e a s e , [ m ] F i g u r e

1 8 9 6 0 . 8 C . 1 4

2 8 9 7 0 . 6 C . 1 3

3 8 9 7 . 5 0 . 5 C . 1 2

4 8 9 7 . 8 0 . 4 6 . 3

T a b l e 6 . 4 : M R W L l e v e l s f o r i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w

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F i g u r e 6 . 3 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H 0 = 897.8

m a s l a n d Qn,station =

340m3/s

6 . 2 . 2 O s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e C h a m b e r

N o o f u n i t s H u [ m a s l ] D e c r e a s e [ m ] F i g u r e

4 7 6 7 . 6 0 . 4 6 . 4

3 7 6 7 . 9 0 . 4 C . 1 5

2 7 6 8 . 2 0 . 5 C . 1 6

1 7 6 9 . 2 0 C . 1 7

T a b l e 6 . 5 : M a x i m u m l e v e l s i n t a i l r a c e w i t h i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w

T h e i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o f 85m3/s

f o r o n e u n i t a l s o i n u e n c e s t h e m a x i m u m

l e v e l i n t h e t a i l r a c e . T h e i d e n t i e d l e v e l s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n t a b l e 6 . 5 . F i g u r e

6 . 4 i l l u s t r a t e s t h e r e s u l t f o r 4 u n i t s i n o p e r a t i o n , a l l o t h e r g u r e s c a n b e

f o u n d i n a p p e n d i x C . 3 . T h e o s c i l l a t i o n h a s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c p e a k s d u e t o a

s u d d e n a r e a c o n t r a c t i o n w h e n t h e w a t e r r i s e s a b o v e t h e t u n n e l r o o f .

6 . 2 . 3 P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e

T h e r e s u l t o f p r e s s u r e c a l c u l a t i o n s w i t h a n i n c r e a s e d o w r a t e o f 8 5

m3

/sf o r

o n e u n i t w i t h H 0 = 909.7

m a s l i s s h o w n i n g u r e 6 . 5 . T h e c l o s i n g t i m e i s 7

s e c o n d s a n d t h e m a x i m u m p r e s s u r e i s 1 7 7 m W C .

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F i g u r e 6 . 4 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , Qn,station = 340m3/s

, H u = 767.6

m a s l

F i g u r e 6 . 5 : P r e s s u r e i n f r o n t o f t u r b i n e , Z max = 909.7

m a s l Qunit = 85m3/s

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6 . 3 A n a l y s i s : I n c r e a s i n g P o w e r O u t p u t

I t i s c o n c l u d e d f r o m t h e a n a l y s i s o f i n c r e a s i n g p o w e r o u t p u t t h a t a n i n c r e a s e

o f n o m i n a l v o l u m e o w f o r o n e u n i t i s p o s s i b l e u p t o Qn,unit = 85m3/s

. T h e

c a l c u l a t i o n m e t h o d d e v e l o p e d i n t h i s t h e s i s i s p r e s e n t e d i n s e c t i o n 5 . 4 . T a b l e

6 . 6 p r e s e n t s t h e m a x i m u m p e r c e n t i l e i n c r e a s e i n n o m i n a l p o w e r o u t p u t f o r

o n e t u r b i n e , w h i c h i s c o m p a r e d t o t h e e x i s t i n g P n = 82

M W . D i a 0 0 r e f e r s t o

t h e e x i s t i n g o u t l e t d i a m e t e r , D i a 0 6 t o a n i n c r e a s e d d i a m e t e r o f 6 0 m m w h e n

t h e m e t h o d p r e s e n t e d i n s e c t i o n 5 . 4 i s u s e d . T h e S i n t e f m e t h o d p r e s e n t e d i n

s e c t i o n 3 . 1 . 3 i s a l t e r e d b y s t a r t i n g w i t h a s s u m i n g a p o w e r o u t p u t t h a t y i e l d s

a v o l u m e o w o f 8 5 m3/s

, w h i c h i s w i t h i n t h e c a v i a t i o n l i m i t . I n t h e t a b l e

S i n t e f 0 0 r e f e r s t o t h e e x i s t i n g d i a m e t e r a n d S i n t e f 0 3 t o t h e i n c r e a s e d . T h e

c a v i a t i o n l i m i t i n t h e s e c a s e s i s n o t e x c e e d e d . A l l c a l c u l a t e d v a l u e s c a n b e

f o u n d i n a p p e n d i x D . I t i s c a l c u l a t e d f o r a r a n g e o f t u r b i n e e c i e n c i e s f r o m

0 . 9 3 t o 0 . 9 5 a t n o m i n a l l o a d . N o n e o f t h e v o l u m e o w s e x c e e d s t h e l i m i t o f

8 5

m3

/s, a n d t h e o u t l e t a n g l e s a r e w i t h i n n o r m a l r a n g e . T h e d i e r e n c e s i n

p r e s e n t e d n e t h e a d a r e d u e t o d i e r e n t c a l c u l a t e d v o l u m e o w s .

E c i e n c y

D i a 0 0 D i a 0 6 S i n t e f 0 0 S i n t e f 0 6

H e [ m ] % H e [ m ] %

H e [ m ] % H e [ m ] %

0 . 9 3 1 2 3 . 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 5 1 2 1 . 9 1 3 1 2 1 . 9 1 6

0 . 9 4 1 2 3 . 3 1 5 1 2 2 1 6 1 2 1 . 9 1 4 1 2 1 . 9 1 7

0 . 9 5 1 2 3 . 3 1 6 1 2 2 1 7 1 2 1 . 9 1 5 1 2 1 . 9 1 8

T a b l e 6 . 6 : M a x i m u m p e r c e n t i l e i n c r e a s e i n n o m i n a l p o w e r o u t p u t f o r o n e

u n i t

T h e r e d u c t i o n i n h e a d d u e t o i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w i s a c c o u n t e d f o r a n d

i l l u s t r a t e d b y t h e b l u e l i n e i n g u r e 6 . 6 . T h e g u r e p r e s e n t s t h e r e s u l t o f

o n e t u r b i n e w h e n f o u r u n i t s a r e i n o p e r a t i o n . T h e p i n k , g r e e n a n d r e d l i n e

r e p r e s e n t i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t a s a f u n c t i o n o f v o l u m e o w a n d n e t

h e a d f o r t h e u s e d t u r b i n e e c e n c i e s . T h e d o t t e d b l a c k l i n e r e p r e s e n t s t h e

m a x i m u m a l l o w a b l e v o l u m e o w 8 5 m3/s

. T h e c i r c l e s a r e t h e c a l c u l a t e d

v a l u e s f o r D i a 0 0 . F o r a t u r b i n e e c i e n c y o f 0 . 9 3 d o e s t h e p o w e r o u t p u t

a l m o s t c o i n c i d e w i t h t h e r e d u c e d h e a d l i n e .

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F i g u r e 6 . 6 : P e r c e n t i l e i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t a s a f u n c t i o n o f v o l u m e o w a n d r e d u c t i o n i n n e t h e a d . F o r

3

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C h a p t e r 7

D i s c u s s i o n

I n o r d e r t o p r e p a r e a n a l c o n c l u s i o n i s t h e p u r p o s e o f t h i s c h a p t e r t o e v a l u a t e

t h e r e s u l t s p r e s e n t e d i n 6 .

7 . 1 H y d r a u l i c c o n s i d e r a t i o n s

T h e r e s u l t s s h o w t h a t t h e d e s i g n o f t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y e e c t i v e l y d a m p s

d o w n t h e o s c i l l i a t i o n . I n t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f t h e e x i s t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s

d i d r s t u p s u r g e y i e l d s t h e m a x i m u m l e v e l o f 9 0 9 . 3 m a s l . A d d i t i o n a l

r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n s e d i d n o t r i s e a b o v e t h i s l e v e l , a n d t h e r e f o r e d o e s t h e

s e q u e n c e o n l y c o n s i s t o f o n e t u r b i n e o n e t i m e . T h e s u r g e r i s e s a b o v e t h e

p l a t f o r m l e v e l , b u t t h i s i s n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o b e a p r o b l e m a s l o n g a s t h e r e

a r e n o t s t o r e d a n y e q u i p m e n t t h a t m a y b e d e s t r o y e d t h e r e . T h e a r e a c r o s s -

s e c t i o n a l a r e a i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r i s m e a s u r e d , a n d i t i s p r o b a b l y l a r g e r .

T h e s u d d e n u p s u r g e s m a y t h e r e f o r e b e a s s e v e r e a s t h e y s e e m . T h e s u d d e n

u p s u r g e i s d u e t o a t r a n s i t i o n b e t w e e n f r e e w a t e r s u r f a c e c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e

t u n n e l t o t h e s m a l l e r c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a . I n t h e M a t l a b p r o g r a m a n E u l e r

c o d e w h i c h i s u s e d w h i c h i s n o t t h e m o s t a c c u r a t e n u m e r i c a l m e t h o d . T h i s

p r o g r a m i s b a s e d o n a s i m p l i e d w a t e r w a y s y s t e m , a n d a l l v a r i a b l e s a r e n o t

a c c o u n t e d f o r . D u e t o a l l r e a s o n s m e n t i o n e d a b o v e i t i s h i g h l y p r o b a b l e t h a t

t h e o s c i l l a t i o n s i n t h e c h a m b e r s a r e o v e r e s t i m a t e d . I t i s a s s u m e d t h a t t h i s

a l s o a p p l i e s t o t h e w a t e r h a m m e r c a l c u l a t i o n s .

I t i s c l e a r f r o m t h e a n a l y i s o f e x i s t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s t h a t t h e

h i g h e s t r e g u l a t e d w a t e r l e v e l i m p o s e s t h e l a r g e s t c o n s t r a i n t o n i n c r e a s i n g

v o l u m e o w . A l l o t h e r c r i t i c a l l e v e l s i m p o s e a c o n s t r a i n t o n t h e r e g u l a t i o n

o f t h e p l a n t . T h e m i n i m u m d r a w - d o w n l e v e l d e p e n d s o n t h e n u m b e r o f

t u r b i n e s i n o p e r a t i o n , a n d a l a r g e r v o l u m e o w i n c r e a s e s t h e l e v e l s . O n t h e

c o n t r a r y t o t h e m a x i u m t a i l r a c e l e v e l s , w h i c h d e c r e a s e s . T h e u s e d h e a d l o s s

c o e c i e n t s a r e o b t a i n e d f r o m s i t e t e s t s a t R u a c a n a . F o r t h e s u r g e c a l c u l a t i o n

c o u l d i t h a v e b e e n o f i n t e r e s t t o i n c l u d e t h e g o v e r n o r e q u a t i o n s . T h e p r e s s u r e

i n f r o n t o f t h e t u r b i n e s i s n o t o f c o n c e r n f o r i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w . I f i t h a d

b e e n a p r o b l e m c o u l d t h e c l o s i n g t i m e o f t h e t u r b i n e b e i n c r e a s e d , a n d t h e

p r e s s u r e i s r e d u c e d .

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7 . 2 P o w e r o u t p u t

T h e s u b m e r g e n c e o f t h e s y s t e m i s n o t a r e s t r i c t i v e f a c t o r a n d t h e r e f o r e i t

y i e l d s a c l e a r i m p r o v e m e n t p o t e n t i a l . T h e a v a i l a b l e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e

d e s i g n o f t h e e x i s t i n g r u n n e r s i s n o t s u c i e n t t o e s t a b l i s h a c o m p l e t e p i c t u r e .

I t i s u n f o r t u n a t e l y i m p o s s i b l e t o e s t a b l i s h c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a s o w a n g l e s e c t .

A n e w r u n n e r i s l i k e l y t o a v o i d t h e c a v i t a t i o n p r o b l e m b y i n c r e a s i n g t h e

i n l e t a n g l e s a n d a l t e r t h e b l a d e l e a n a n g l e . L a r g e c h a n g e s i n i n l e t a n d o u t l e t

a n g l e s c a n b e c o m p e n s a t e d f o r b y r e p l a c i n g t h e g u i d e v a n e s .

I t i s c a l c u l a t e d f o r a r a n g e o f t u r b i n e e c i e n c i e s f r o m 0 . 9 3 t o 0 . 9 5 a t

n o m i n a l l o a d , b e c a u s e w i t h o u t f u r t h e r a n a y l s i s o f a p o t e n t i a l n e w r u n n e r

d e s i g n i t i s i m p o s s i b l e t o d e t e r m i n e a n a c c u r a t e v a l u e . T h e e c i e n c y o f a

n e w r u n n e r i m p l e m e n t e d i n t o a n e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s t r u c t u r e i s l o w e r t h a n f o r

a n e w t u r b i n e . I t h a s b e e n c o n s i d e r e d f e a s i b l e t o u s e a t u r b i n e e c i e n c y o f

0 . 9 3 . I n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e e c i e n c y o f o t h e r c o m p o n e n t s o f t h e t u r b i n e

a r e n o t k n o w n , a n d a r e t h e r e f o r e n o t i n c l u d e d .

T h e c a l c u l a t i o n m e t h o d d e v e l o p e d i n t h i s t h e s i s n d s t h e p o t e n t i a l

i n c r e a s e i n v o l u m e o w f r o m t h e s u b m e r g e n c e o f t h e s y s t e m , a n d t h e r e a f t e r

e s t i m a t e s t h e n o m i n a l p o w e r o u t p u t . T h i s i s t h e m a i n d i e r e n c e f r o m t h e

S i n t e f m e t h o d , w e r e i n c r e a s e i n n o m i n a l p o w e r o u t p u t i s a s s u m e d a t t h e

b e g i n n i n g . T h e o v e r a l l r e s u l t i n t h e S i n t e f m e t h o d c l a i m s a n i n c r e a s e i n

p o w e r o u t p u t o f 2 0 % w h e n t h e r e d u c t i o n i n h e a d i s n o t a c c o u n t e d f o r .

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t w o m e t h o d s . I n t h e c a s e o f k e e p i n g t h e e x i s t i n g d i a m e t e r d o e s t h e m e t h o d

f r o m t h i s t h e s i s p r e d i c t a n i n c r e a s e o f 1 4 % w i t h a n t u r b i n e e c i e n c y o f 0 . 9 3 .

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n o t i n c l u d e d a l l v a r i a b l e s a n d a s s u m e s a n e w r u n n e r d e s i g n w i t h a n i n c r e a s e d

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u n o b t a i n a b l e . A n i n c r e a s e i n v o l u m e o w o f 1 6 % i s m o r e c o n s e r v a t i v e a n d

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. T h e n e w u n i t u n d e r i n s t a l l a t i o n i s d e s i g n e d

f o r a h e a d r a n g e d e t e r m i n e d b y t h e e x i s t i n g c o n d i t i o n s . A l a r g e i n c r e a s e

i n v o l u m e o w c o u l d a l s o a e c t t h e d e s i g n c o n d i t i o n s f o r t h i s t u r b i n e , a n d

p r o b a b l y l e a d t o a d i e r e n t h e a d r a n g e .

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l o w e r c o v e r b e r e p l a c e d i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e r u n n e r . T h e i n c r e a s e i n d i a m e t e r i s

n o t l a r g e a n d t h e r e f o r e i t i s n o t n e c e s s a r y t o r e p l a c e w i c k e t g a t e s a n d s p i r a l

c a s i n g . F o r t h e S i n t e f m e t h o d i s t h e p e r c e n t i l e i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t 1 8 %

a n d t h e m e t h o d d e v e l o p e d h e r e p r e d i c t s 1 5 % . T h e q u e s t i o n a b o u t e c o n o m i c

v i a b i l i t y a r i s e s i n c e t h e i n c r e a s e i s s m a l l . B o t h e s t i m a t e s a r e p r o b a b l y t o

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a t R u a c a n a b y o n l y r e p l a c i n g t h e r u n n e r . T h e e x i s t i n g t u r b i n e s h a v e b e e n

r e v i e w e d t o t h e e x t e n t i t i s p o s s i b l e , a n d i t i s c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e r e e x i s t s a n

i m p r o v e m e n t p o t e n t i a l .

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a n d / o r e n h a n c i n g e c i e n c y . T h e e x i s t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s h a v e b e e n

e v a l u a t e d , a n d a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n c o n c l u d e d t h a t a m a x i m a l i n c r e a s e i n t h e

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t u r b i n e s . T h e m i n i m u m - d r a w d o w n l e v e l i n t h e S u r g e H e a d b a y m u s t b e

i n c r e a s e d a n d d e p e n d s o n t h e n u m b e r o f t u r b i n e s i n o p e r a t i o n . T h i s a l s o

y i e l d s f o r t h e h i g h e s t l e v e l i n t h e t a i l r a c e w h i c h h a s t o b e d e c r e a s e d . A n

i n c r e a s e i n e c i e n c y c a n b e e x p e c t e d w i t h a n e w r u n n e r .

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T h e o b j e c t i v e o f t h i s t h e s i s w a s t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f i n c r e a s i n g

p o w e r o u p u t . A l l a s p e c t s o f a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o j e c t h a v e n o t b e e n e v a l u a t e d .

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c o n s t r a i n t s i s n e c e s s a r y . I t s h o u l d b e f o l l o w e d b y a n o p t i m i z a t i o n p r o c e s s

u s i n g c o m p u t a t i o n a l u i d d y n a m i c s . O t h e r p a r t s o f t h e t u r b i n e c o u l d b e

i n v e s t i g a t e d i n m o r e d e p t . R e v i e w t h e g u i d e v a n e s a n d w i c k e t g a t e c o n d i t i o n s

f o r i n c r e a s e d v o l u m e o w . A n e w d e s i g n o f t h e r u n n e r m a y l e a d t o a l t e r e d

i n l e t a n g l e s t h a t a r e n o t i n c o r r e s p o n d a n c e t o t h e g u i d e v a n e s . F u r t h e r

i n s p e c t i o n o f t h e o w c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e e x i s t i n g g u i d e v a n e s i s n e c e s s a r y .

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e a r l i e r . A n a n c i a l a n a l y s i s c a n b e p e r f o r m e d , b e c a u s e t h e r e a l i z a t i o n o f

a r e h a b i l i t a t i o n p r o c j e c t s i s h i g h l y d e p e n d e n t o n t h e e c o n o m i c v i a b i l i t y .

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b e v e r i e d .

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v o l u m e o w ? A r e v i e w o f t h e r e g u l a t i o n s c h e m e a t R u a c a n a c a n a l s o b e

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& D a m s , 1 9 9 6 .

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S y m p o s i u m .

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2 0 0 9 c o n f e r e n c e L y o n , 2 0 0 9 .

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P o w e r P l a n t .

F i g u r e A . 1 : R u a c a n a F a l l s

W h e n t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e p l a n t s t a r t e d , t h e c o u n t r y w a s k n o w n

a s S o u t h W e s t A f r i c a a n d t h e e l e c t r i c i t y c o m p a n y w a s n a m e d t h e S o u t h

W e s t A f r i c a n W a t e r a n d E l e c t r i c i t y C o r p o r a t i o n ( S W A W E K ) [ 2 6 ] . T h e

c o u n t r y c h a n g e d o c i a l l y i t s n a m e t o N a m i b i a i n 1 9 6 8 , b u t d i d n o t b e c o m e

i n d e p e n d e n t f r o m S o u t h A f r i c a u n t i l 1 9 9 0 . I n 1 9 9 6 t h e c o m p a n y c h a n g e d i t s

n a m e a n d b e c a m e N a m P o w e r [ 2 6 ] .

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T h e e n e r g y s i t u a t i o n i n N a m i b i a i s t o d a y s t r a i n e d , a n d t h e c o u n t r y

e x p e r i e n c e s m o r e a n d m o r e s h o r t a g e s o f p o w e r . T h e a v e r a g e n a t i o n a l l o a d

h a s i n c r e a s e d b e y o n d 3 2 0 M W , w h i c h i s h i g h e r t h a n t h e 2 4 0 M W g e n e r a t e d

a t R u c a n a . T h e c o u n t r y h a s j o i n e d t h e S o u t h e r n A f r i c a n P o w e r P o o l ( S A P P )

i n o r d e r t o i m p o r t e n e r g y , w h i c h c o n s t u t e s m a i n l y o f l a r g e c o a l r e d p o w e r

s t a t i o n s . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e a c c e s s i b i l i t y t o p e a k p o w e r i s n o t h i g h e n o u g h .

T h e r e a r e m a n y p r o j e c t s t h a t h a s b e e n i n v e s t i g a t e d a n d p l a n n e d , b u t

t h e b u i l d i n g h a s u s u a l l y b e e n s t o p p e d d u e t o p o l i t i c a l r e a s o n s . O n e e x a m p l e

i s t h e 3 6 0 M W E p u p a F a l l s w h i c h a l s o i s c o n n e c t e d t o t h e K u n e n e r i v e r .

P o l i t i c a l d i e r e n c e s w i t h A n g o l a h a s s t o p p e d t h e b u i l d i n g o f t h i s [ 2 6 ] . I n

M a y 2 0 0 6 , N a m P o w e r i n i t i a t e d a n e n e r g y a w a r e n e s s c a m p a i g n .

A . 1 H i s t o r y

T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f R u a c a n a e x p e r i e n c e d s o m e p o l i t i c a l d i c u l t i e s b e c a u s e

t h e r i v e r K u n e n e o w s t h r o u g h A n g o l a a n d N a m i b i a . T h e r e f o r e , a n y

d e v e l o p m e n t u t i l i s i n g t h e r e s o u r c e h a s t o b e a g r e e d u p o n b y b o t h c o u n t r i e s '

g o v e r n m e n t s . T h e o r i g i n a l R u a c a n a s c h e m e w a s n e g o t i a t e d w i t h t h e

P o r t u g u e s e A u t h o r i t i e s a n d r e a c h e d i t s c o n c l u s i o n i n 1 9 6 9 [ 2 2 ] , a n d c o n s i s t

o f t h e f o l l o w i n g c o m p o n e n t s i n t h e K u n e n e R i v e r :

A l a r g e s t o r a g e d a m o f 2600

m i l l i o n c u b i c m e t r e s i s s i t u a t e d a b o u t 240 km

u p s t r e a m f r o m R u a c a n a . I t i s d e s i g n e d f o r r e g u l a t i n g t h e o o d w a t e r b y

s t o r i n g t h i s w a t e r d u r i n g t h e r a i n y s e a s o n a n d a u g m e n t t h e o w i n t h e

d r i e r m o n t h s . T h i s r e s u l t s i n a m o r e o r l e s s s t e a d y g e n e r a t i o n o f e l e c t r i c i t y

a t R u a c a n a , a n d a c o n s i d e r a b l e s o u r c e o f f o o d f o r A n g o l a . T h e d a m w a s

c o m p l e t e d a n d c o m m i s s i o n e d i n 1 9 7 5 . A n o t h e r s t o r a g e d a m a t C a l u e q u e a t

a b o u t 65 km a w a y f r o m R u a c a n a i s a l s o u s e d a s a r e g u l a t i o n d a m . I t i n c l u d e s

a p u m p i n g s t a t i o n f o r s u p p l y i n g t h e O w a m b o l a n d w i t h w a t e r d u r i n g t h e d r y

s e a s o n s f o r h u m a n a n d a n i m a l c o n s u m p t i o n .

T o b e a b l e t o s u c i e n t l y d i v e r t t h e w a t e r a c r o s s t h e b o r d e r i n t o t h e

p o w e r s t a t i o n i n S o u t h W e s t A f r i c a i t w a s n e c e s s a r y t o b u i l d a d i v e r s i o n

w e i r 1.5 km

u p s t r e a m o f R u a c a n a . T h i s w a s c o m p l e t e d i n J a n u a r y 1 9 7 8 .

H o w e v e r , t h e A n g o l a n A u t h o r i t i e s w o u l d n o t a l l o w c l o s i n g o f t h e d i v e r s i o n

w e i r ' s s l u i c e g a t e s .

T h e h y d r o p o w e r s t a t i o n i s b u i l t o n N a m i b i a n t e r r i t o r y w i t h a S u r g e

H e a d b a y o n t h e s u r f a c e a n d t h e r e s t o f t h e s t a t i o n l i e s a b o u t 140 m

b e l o w .

I t c o n s i s t s o f f o u r w a t e r w a y s , b u t o n l y t h r e e v e r t i c a l s h a f t F r a n c i s u n i t s w a s

i n s t a l l e d o r i g i n a l l y a n d c o m p l e t e d J a n u a r y 1 9 7 8 . A f o u r t h u n i t i s c u r r e n t l y

u n d e r p r o d u c t i o n [ 2 7 ] . F u r t h e r d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e w a t e r w a y s , r u n n e r e t c i s

f o u n d i n c h a p t e r 4 . T h e l a s t c o m p o n e n t w a s t h e b u i l d i n g o f a 570 km

l o n g

t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e t o a d i s t r i b u t i o n s t a t i o n n e a r O m a r u r u .

A l l t h e a b o v e c o m p o n e n t s i n c l u d i n g h o u s i n g f o r p e r s o n n e l a t R u a c a n a

b r o u g h t t h e t o t a l c o s t u p t o 1 6 2 m i l l i o n s o f S o u t h A f r i c a n R a n d s ( Z A R )

w h i c h c o n v e r t s t o a b o u t 1 1 3 m i l l i o n s N o r w e g i a n K r o n e r s ( N O K ) a t t o d a y s

e x c h a n g e r a t e s [ 2 6 ] .

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A p p e n d i x B

M a t l a b P r o g r a m s

I n t h i s a p p e n d i x p r e s e n t s o n l y s o m e p a g e s o f t h e d e v e l o p e d M a t l a b p r o g r a m s

f o r w a t e r h a m m e r a n d s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n c a l c u l a t i o n s . T h e c o d e f o r g e n e r a t i n g

g r a p h s i s l e f t o u t . T h e e n t i r e p r o g r a m s c a n b e f o u n d i n t h e e l e c t r o n i c

a t t a c h m e n t . T h e p r o g r a m f o r g e n e r a t i n g t h e c r o s s - s e c t i o n a l a r e a i n t h e S u r g e

H e a d b a y c a n b e f o u n d e n t i r e l y i n t h e e l e c t r o n i c a t t a c h m e n t .

B . 1 W a t e r h a m m e r P r o g r a m

clear all

clc

tic

disp('calculating');

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− PARAMETERS −−−−−−−−−−−−−−

Hv = 756.2; % Elevation of turbine, reference

g = 9.781 ; % Gravity [m/s^2]

% Penstock

tunnel.L = 180 ;

tunnel.D = 3.6 ;

tunnel.A = (pi/4)*tunnel.D^2;

tunnel.np = 4;tunnel.c = 0.000615;

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−READING CROSSECTION AREA FOR SURGE HEADBAY MATRIX−−−−−−−−−−

A_surgelevel = dlmread('crossection.xls');

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

L = tunnel.L;

a = 1200;

d x = 5 ;

dt = dx/a;

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x0 = dx;

Q0 = 85;

tmax = 2500;

x = x0;

l = 1 ;y = 1 ;

Qn = Q0;

Z(1) = 909.3; % Maximum surge level in SH.

B = a/(g*tunnel.A);

R = tunnel.c;

Tl= round(7/dt); % Closing time turbine

k = ( 1−1e−7)/Tl;

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

for t = 1:1:tmax

for x = x0:dx:L % Storing inital values at t=0

Q(x,t) = Q0;

H(x,t) = Z(1);

end

end

%%

kappa = 1;

for n = 1:1:tmax

if n <Tlkappa = kappa − k;

else

kappa = 1e−7;

end

K(n,1) = kappa;

for x = x0:dx:L

if n = = 1 %Inital values at t = 1

Q(x,n) = Q0;

if x == x0;

H(x,n) = Z(1);

else

H(x,n) = H(x−dx,n) − R*Q(x−dx,n)*abs(Q(x−dx,n));

end

Hn = H(L,1);

elseif x == x0

z1s = round(Z(n−1)*10)/10 ; %Round off to one decimal

for i = 1:length(A_surgelevel)

l = A_surgelevel(i,1);

if l == z1s

y = i ;

end

end

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As = A_surgelevel(y,2);

Z(n) = Z(n−1) + dt*Q(x,n−1)/As;

H(x,n) = Z(n);

Cb = H(x+dx,n−1) + R*Q(x+dx,n−1)*abs(Q(x+dx,n−1));

Q(x,n) = (1/B)*(H(x,n)−

Cb) + Q(x+dx,n−

1);

elseif x>x0 && x<L

Ca = H(x−dx,n−1) − R*Q(x−dx,n−1)*abs(Q(x−dx,n−1));

Cb = H(x+dx,n−1) + R*Q(x+dx,n−1)*abs(Q(x+dx,n−1));

Qr = Q(x+dx,n−1) − Q(x−dx,n−1);

H(x,n) = 0.5*(Ca + Cb − B*Qr);

Q(x,n) = (1/B)*(H(x,n) − Cb) + Q(x+dx,n−1);

elseif x = = L

Cv = ((kappa*Qn)^2)/Hn;

Ca = H(x−dx,n−1) + B*Q(x−dx,n−1) − ...

R*Q(x−dx,n−1)*abs(Q(x−dx,n−1));

Q(x,n) =−

B*Cv*0.5 + 0.5*sqrt((B*Cv)^2 + 4*Cv*Ca);

H(x,n) = (Q(x,n)/(kappa*Qn))^2*Hn;

end

end

end

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B . 2 S u r g e O s c i l l i a t i o n P r o g r a m

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

OSCILLIATION ENTIRE SYSTEM−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

clear all

clc

tic

disp('calculating');

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− PARAMETERES −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

H_0 = 904.5; % Normal water level in diversion weir

g = 9.781 ; % Gravity [m/s^2]

c_s = 0.00001; % Assumed value

%Pressure tunnel 1.1L_t1 = 1215 ; % Length [m]

D_t1 = 8.3 ; % Diameter [m]

A_t1 = (pi/4)*D_t1^2 ; % Area [m^2]

%Pressure tunnel 1.2

L_t2 = 285 ; % Length [m]

D_t2 = 7.4 ; % Diameter [m]

A_t2 = (pi/4)*D_t2^2 ; % Area [m^2]

%Average pressure tunnel 1

L_1 = L_t1 + L_t2 ; % Length [m]

A_1 = (L_t1*A_t1 + L_t2*A_t2)/(L_t1+L_t2); % Area [m^2]

c_1 = 5.2e−5 ; % Headloss coefficient

% Penstock, tunnel 2

L_2 = 182.1 ;

D_2 = 3.6 ;

A_2 = (pi/4)*D_2^2;

np = 4; % Number of penstocks

c_2 = 6.5e−4;

% Surge Chamber

A2_s = [765 40000; 766 40000; 767 40000; 768 40000; 769 816; 770 802; ...

771 768; 772 850; 773 802; 774 789; 775 782 ];

%Tailrace tunnel roof is at 769, areas below are therefore LARGE....

%Read from drawing

% Tailrace, tunnel 3

L_3 = 675 ;

w_3 = 11; % Width of tunnel

h_3 = 13.9; % Height

A_3 = w_3*h_3 ;

H_u = 769.2; % Water level in Tailrace

c_3 = 0.4e−4;

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A_surgelevel = dlmread('crossection.xls');

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%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− INITIAL VALUES AT t=0 s −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

Q0 = 4*71;

Q_1(1,1) = Q0; % Volume flow in pressure tunnel (1)

Q_2(1,1) = Q0; % Volume flow in penstock (2)

Q_3(1,1) = Q0; % Volume flow in tailrace (3)

z1(1,1) = H_0−

c_1*Q0*abs(Q0); % Initial level in Surge Headbayz2(1,1) = Q0*0.003+ 762.4; % Initial level in Surge Chamber

Q_s1(1,1) = 0; % Volume flow into Surge Headbay

Q_s2(1,1) = 0; % Volume flow into Surge Chamber

Hn = 130.2; % Design head

Qn = 284; % Design flow

dt = 0.1; % Time step

tmax = 5000; % Maximum calculation time

kappa(1,1) = 1;

y =1;

l=1;

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Surge Oscilliation −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

%%

n = 3068; %Second interception point with stationary pressure line

o = n + 5;

p = 6659; % Third interception point with stationary pressure line

q = p + 1 8 ;

r = 6368;

s = r + 1 8 ;

u = 6800;

v = u + 1 8 ;

for t = 2: tmax

if t< 70 %Determines the opening degree of the turbine

kappa(t,1)= 1 − t*0.01329;

% elseif t<n% kappa(t,1) = 0.07;

% elseif t≥n & & t < o

% kappa(t,1) = 0.07 + 0.01*(t−n); %Reloading one turbine

% elseif t≥ o & & t < p

% kappa(t,1) = 0.25;

% elseif t≥p & & t < q

% kappa(t,1) = 0.25 − 0.01*(t−p);

% elseif t≥q & & t < r

% kappa(t,1) = 0.07;

% elseif t≥ r & & t < s

% kappa(t,1) = 0.07 + 0.01*(t−r); %Reloading one turbine

% elseif t ≥s & & t < u

% kappa(t,1) = 0.25;

% elseif t≥u & & t < v% kappa(t,1) = 0.25 − 0.01*(t−u);

else

kappa(t,1) = 0.07;

end

z1s = round(z1(t−1,1)*10)/10 ; %Round off to one decimal

% Finds the crossectional area corresponding to the surge level

% in the Surge Headbay

for i = 1:length(A_surgelevel)

x = A_surgelevel(i,1);

if x == z1s

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y = i ;

end

end

% Finds the crossectional area corresponding to the surge level in

% the Surge Chamber

z2s(t−1,1) = round(z2(t−1,1)); %Round off to zero decimal

for j = 1:length(A2_s)

k = A2_s(j,1);

if k == z2s(t−1,1)

l = j ;

end

end

As1 = A_surgelevel(y,2);

As2 = A2_s(l,2);

Q_s1(t−1,1) = Q_1(t−1,1) − Q_2(t−1,1);

Q_s2(t−

1,1) = Q_2(t−

1,1)−

Q_3(t−

1,1);

hf_1(t−1,1) = c_1*Q_1(t−1,1)*abs(Q_1(t−1,1));

hf_s1(t−1,1) = c_s*Q_s1(t−1,1)*abs(Q_s1(t−1,1));

hf_2(t−1,1) = c_2*Q_2(t−1,1)*abs(Q_2(t−1,1));

hf_s2(t−1,1) = c_s*Q_s2(t−1,1)*abs(Q_s2(t−1,1));

hf_3(t−1,1) = c_3*Q_3(t−1,1)*abs(Q_3(t−1,1));

Q_1(t,1) = Q_1(t−1,1) + (g*dt*A_1/L_1)*(H_0 − z1(t−1,1) ...

− (hf_1(t−1,1) + hf_s1(t−1,1)));

Q_2(t,1) = Q_2(t−1,1) + (g*dt*A_2/L_2)*(z1(t−1,1) − z2(t−1,1) ...

− Hn*(Q_2(t−1,1)/(kappa(t−1,1)*Q0))^2 − hf_2(t−1,1));

Q_3(t,1) = Q_3(t−1,1) + (g*dt*A_3/L_3)*(z2(t−1,1) − H_u ...

− (hf_3(t−1,1) + hf_s2(t−1,1)));

z1(t,1) = z1(t−1,1) + (dt/As1)*(Q_1(t−1,1) − Q_2(t−1,1));

z2(t,1) = z2(t−1,1) + 10*(dt/As2)*(Q_2(t−1,1) − Q_3(t−1,1));

end

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B . 3 R e d u c t i o n i n h e a d p r o g r a m

%−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Reduction in head program −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

clear all

clc

H0 = 902.7;

Hv = 764; % Elevation of turbine, reference

Qn = 68;

Pn = 82;

tmax = 1300;

c_1 = 5.2e−5 ; % Headloss coefficient

c_2 = 6.15e−4;

c_s = 0.00001; % Assumed value

eta = 0.94;

rho = 997;

g = 9.781 ; % Gravity [m/s^2]

Q2(1,1) = 68;

Q1(1,1) = Q2(1,1)*4;

hf(1,1) = c_1*Q1(1,1)^2 + c_2*Q2(1,1)^2 + 0.4e−4*Q2(1,1)^2;

k = hf(1)*Q2(1,1)^2/(Qn^2);

Hnew(1,1) = H0 − k ;

Pnew(1,1) = rho*g*Q2(1,1)*(Hnew(1,1)−Hv)*10^(−6);

for t = 2:tmax

Q_s1(t,1) = Q1(t−1,1) − Q2(t−1,1);

hf(t−1,1) = c_1*Q1(t−1,1) 2 + c_2*Q2(t−1,1) 2 + 0.4e−4*Q2(t−1,1)^2;

k = hf(t−1)*Q2(t−1,1)^2/(Qn^2);

Hnew(t,1) = H0 − k ;

Pnew(t,1) = rho*g*Q2(t−1,1)*(Hnew(t−1,1)−Hv)*10^(−6);

Q1(t,1) = Q1(t−1,1)+ 0.1;

Q2(t,1) = Q1(t−1,1)/4 + 0.1;

end

Hnew = Hnew − Hv;

P93 = ((Pnew*0.93/Pn)−1)*100;

P94 = ((Pnew*0.94/Pn)−

1)*100;

P95 = ((Pnew*0.95/Pn)−1)*100;

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A p p e n d i x C

S u p p l e m e n t R e s u l t s

T h i s c h a p t e r i s i n t e n d e d t o b e a s u p p l e m e n t t o t h e p r e s e n t e d r e s u l t s .

T h e r e f o r e , v a l u e s a n d d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e g r a p h s c a n b e f o u n d i n c h a p t e r

6 .

C . 1 V e r i c a t i o n o f S i m u l a t i o n M o d e l s

F i g u r e s C . 1 a n d C . 2 s h o w s t h e o s c i l l a t i o n f o r i d e a l c o n d i t i o n s w h e n r e l o a d i n g .

F i g u r e C . 1 : V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e H e a d b a y r e l o a d

C . 2 S u p p l e m e n t e x i s t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s

O n l y t h e c r i t i c a l w a t e r l e v e l s i n t h e i n t a k e a n d t a i l r a c e i s c o n s i d e r e d i n t h e

a n a l y s i s o f e x s i t i n g h y d r a u l i c c o n d i t i o n s . A d d i t i o n a l r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e s

h a v e b e e n i n v e s t i g a t e d , b u t o n l y t h e s c e n a r i o s t h a t d o e s n o t e x c e e d t h e l i m i t

i s p r e s e n t e d .

C . 2 . 1 S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S u r g e H e a d b a y

T h e s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n r e s u l t s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g f o r t h e w o r s t c a s e

s c e n a r i o s . A l l s i m u l a t i o n s i n c l u d e a r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e .

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F i g u r e C . 2 : V e r i c a t i o n S u r g e C h a m b e r r e l o a d

F i g u r e C . 3 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n a t h i g h e s t o o d l e v e l 4 u n i t s

H i g h e s t o o d l e v e l H F L

T h e h i g h e s t o o d l e v e l i n t h e i n t a k e i s 904.5

m a s l , a n d t h e s u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n

i s s h o w n i n g u r e C . 3 . T h e m a x i m u m u p s u r g e i s 9 0 9 . 3 m a s l a n d m i n u m u m

d o w n s u r g e i s 8 9 9 m a s l . T h e r e s u l t o f t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r i s n o t p r e s e n t e d

h e r e , b u t t h e l o a d s e q u e n c e y i e l d s a m a x i m u m u p s u r g e o f 7 7 4 . 4 m a s l .

M i n i m u m d r a w - d o w n l e v e l M R W L

T h e m i n i m u m d r a w - d o w n l e v e l i n t h e i n t a k e i s 8 9 5 . 2 m a s l , a n d i t i s f o u n d

t h a t o n l y o n e t u r b i n e c a n o p e r a t e a s s h o w n i n g u r e C . 4 .

T h e m i n i m u m l e v e l i n t h e i n t a k e f o r r e j e c t i n g t w o u n i t s i s f o u n d t o b e

8 9 6 . 5 m a s l . T h e m i n i m u m d o w n s u r g e i s 8 9 1 . 6 m a s l , a n d t h e m a x i m u m

u p s u r g e i s 9 0 0 . 9 a s s h o w n i n g u r e C . 5 .

I n g u r e C . 6 t h e l o w e s t l e v e l i n t h e i n t a k e i s 8 9 7 m a s l w h e n o p e r a t i n g

3 u n i t s . T h e m a x i m u m u p s u r g e i s 9 0 1 . 5 m a s l , a n d t h e d o w n s u r g e i s 8 9 1 . 5

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F i g u r e C . 4 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n S H ,

H 0 = 895.2m a s l a n d

Qunit = 71m3/s

F i g u r e C . 5 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 896.4

m a s l a n d Q = 142m3/s

m a s l . T h e l e v e l i n t h e i n t a k e m u s t b e 8 9 7 . 4 m a s l f o r o p e r a t i n g 4 u n i t s a n d

i t i s s h o w n i n g u r e C . 7 . T h e m a x i m u m d o w n s u r g e i s 8 9 1 . 6 m a s l a n d t h e

u p s u r g e i s 9 0 2 . 7 m a s l .

C . 2 . 2 S u r g e C h a m b e r R e s u l t s

4 u n i t s

T h e r e s u l t o f t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r s h o w s t h a t f o r a f u l l

l o a d r e j e c t i o n f r o m 4 u n i t s i s o n l y p o s s i b l e w i t h a t a i l w a t e r l e v e l o f 7 6 8 m a s l

a s d e m o n s t r a t e d i n g u r e C . 8 . T h e m a x i m u m u p s u r g e i s 7 7 4 . 8 m a s l , a n d i t

s h o w s t h a t a r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e a t a n y o f t h e u p s u r g e s w i l l e x c e e d t h e

m a x i m u m l i m i t i f i t i s r e l o a d e d b e f o r e t h e t h i r d u p s u r g e .

3 u n i t s

T h e h i g h e s t t a i l w a t e r l e v e l i s 7 6 8 . 3 m a s l w h e n o p e r a t i n g 3 u n i t s . A l o a d

r e j e c t i o n s h o w s t h a t t h e r s t u p s u r g e y i e l d s t h e m a x i u m o f 7 7 5 . 1 m a s l .

F i g u r e C . 9 s h o w s t h e p r o g r e s s i o n f o r r e l o a d / r e j e c t i n g a u n i t a t t h e t h i r d

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F i g u r e C . 6 : S u r g e O s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H ,

H 0 = 897m a s l a n d

Q = 213m3/s

F i g u r e C . 7 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897.4

m a s l a n d Q = 284m3/s

u p s u r g e w h i c h a c h i e v e d a l e v e l o f 7 7 3 . 9 m a s l , w h i c h i s s m a l l e r t h a n t h e r s t

u p s u r g e .

2 u n i t s

F o r 2 u n i t s i n o p e r a t i o n c a n t h e t a i l w a t e r h a v e a l e v e l o f 7 6 8 . 7 m a s l . A l o a d

r e j e c t i o n y i e l d s a m a x i m u m u p s u r g e o f 7 7 5 , a n d i s s h o w n i n g u r e C . 1 0 . A

r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e t h a t s t r i k e s o n e o f t h e u p s u r g e s i s n o t p o s s i b l e u n t i l

a l o n g t i m e h a s p a s s e d .

1 u n i t

F o r t h e h i g h e s t l e v e l o f 7 6 9 . 2 m a s l i n t h e S u r g e C h a m b e r i s i t o n l y p o s s i b l e

t o o p e r a t e w i t h o n e u n i t a s t h e r e s u l t i n g u r e C . 1 1 s h o w s . T h e m a x i m u m

u p s u r g e l e v e l i s 7 7 3 . 2 m a s l , a n d a r e l o a d / r e j e c t s e q u e n c e t h a t s t r i k e s o n e o f

t h e u p s u r g e s a t t h e w o r s t p o s s i b l e t i m e c a n n o t b e p e r f o r m e d u n t i l a l o n g

t i m e h a s p a s s e d .

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F i g u r e C . 8 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C ,

H u = 768a n d

Q = 284m3/s

F i g u r e C . 9 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 768.3

m a s l a n d Q = 213m3/s

C . 3 A n a l y s i s : I n c r e a s i n g V o l u m e F l o w e x t e n t i o n

T h e r e s u l t s o f t h e a n a l y s i s i s p r e s e n t e d i n d e t a i l i n s e c t i o n 6 . 2 . H e r e a r e o n l y

t h e g r a p h s p r e s e n t e d .

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F i g u r e C . 1 0 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 768.7masl

a n d Q = 142m3/s

F i g u r e C . 1 1 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S C , H u = 769.2masl

a n d Q = 71m3/s

F i g u r e C . 1 2 : S u r g e o s c i l l a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897.5

m a s l a n d Q = 255m3/s

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F i g u r e C . 1 3 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 897

m a s l Q = 142m3/s

F i g u r e C . 1 4 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S H , H 0 = 906

m a s l Q = 71m3/s

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F i g u r e C . 1 5 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S C H u = 767.9

m a s l a n d Q = 255m3/s

F i g u r e C . 1 6 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S C H u = 768.2

m a s l a n d Q = 170m3/s

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F i g u r e C . 1 7 : S u r g e o s c i l l i a t i o n i n S C , H u = 769.2

m a s l a n d Q = 85m3/s

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A p p e n d i x D

E x c e l C a l c u l a t i o n s

D . 1 D i s t r i b u t i o n o f t u r b i n e t y p e s

D . 2 S u r v e y

D . 3 D i a 0 0

D . 4 D i a 0 3

D . 5 C a l c u l a t i o n o f p o t e n t i a l i n c r e a s e i n p o w e r o u t p u t

( S i n t e f )

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Appendix D.1: Distribution of turbine types

no Unit

Plant Turbine type units Output [MW] Diameter Head [m] Speed

Asia

Lohair Nagpala Pelton 4 167.5 3350 427 250

Sorang Pelton 2 59.2 1760 673 600

Teesta Urja II Pelton 6 233.75 3020 817 375

Chukha Pelton 4 84 2870 463.2 300

East Toba River Pelton 2 78.5 2210 569.88 450

Yazuihe-Yangang Pelton 2 65.6 1650 631.75 600

Jiniu Pelton 2 123 2890 506.5 300

Varahi II Pelton 2 126.5 2910 460 300

Vishnupraguay Pelton 1 120.4 2880 953.4 428.6

Jinwo Pelton 2 143.6 2630 595 375

Rezonghai Pelton 2 123 2550 560 375

Xi Luo Du Francis 3 784 7655 197 125

GongGuoQiao Francis 4 225 6760 66 93.75

JiangBian Francis 3 110 2100 306.2 333.3JiangPingHe Francis 2 225 4030 178.89 187.5

XiGu Francis 3 83 1560 431.4 500

Nam Ngum 2 Francis 3 209.2 4080 166.6 214.3

Kami-Shiiba Francis 1 47.6 2630 144 300

Siguragura Francis 2 73.2 2110 230.9 333

DaYiangJiang Francis 4 175 2110 331 300

Li Yuan Francis 4 612 8150 106 93.8

Da Gang Shian Francis 4 663 7000 160 125

Ting Zi Kou Francis 4 275 6640 73 100

Jing Ping II Francis 8 610 6500 318.8 166.7

Nuo Zha Du Francis 3 650 7250 215 125

An Khe Francis 2 81.6 2518 377.5 500Ji Shi Xia Francis 3 340 7650 66 85.7

Yewa Francis 4 195.5 4850 91.7 12.8

Si Lin Francis 4 267.85 6810 64 93.75

Xiao Wan Francis 3 700 6600 216 150

Xe Kaman III Francis 2 127.55 1600 515.38 500

Nathpa Jhakri Francis 4 336 2519 487 300

Karebbe Francis 2 66.4 3284 73.6 200

Cheongpeyong Kaplan 1 60 6400 22.3 102.9

Cao Jie Kaplan 4 128.2 9500 20 68.18

Karnafuli Kaplan 1 67.7 5607 32 115.38

Australasia

Benmore Francis 6 93.2 4085 93 166.7Bogong Francis 2 74.6 2050 419.3 600

Dartmouth Francis 1 180 410

Devils Gate Francis 1 60

Gordon River Francis 3 144

Murray-1 Francis 10 95

Tumut - 3 Francis 6 250

Clyde Francis 4 108

Agus II Francis 3 60

Pulangui Francis 3 85

North - America

Noxon Rapids Francis 3 115.8 5500 48.158 100

Folsom Francis 3 66.2 3510 60 163.6Gordon M Shrum Francis 1 310 4870 152.4 150

Eastmain 1 A Francis 3 260 6600 63 100

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Picote II Francis 1 248 6150 66.6 115.4

Abitibi Francis 1 66.41 3520 72.5 150

Revelstoke Francis 1 512 7100 127.1 112.5

Sir Adam Beck Francis 8 55 3030 89 225

Des Joachimes Francis 8 57.5 4470 40 105.9

Jocasse Pump 2 208 7500 92 120

Rocky Mountain Pump 3 370 4200 210 225

Holtwood Kaplan 2 59.2 7150 15.5 85.7Rainbow Kaplan 1 62 5400 35.8 144

South America

Parigo De Souza Pelton 1 65 2700 754 514

El Platanal Pelton 2 110 2190 608.7 450

Hornitos Pelton 1 55.02 1910 561.56 500

Guri II Francis 5 770 8000 136 112.5

Confluencia Francis 2 81.6 1650 334.51 500

Serra Do Facao Francis 2 108.2 3920 78.3 171.4

Mazar Francis 2 80 3000 131.44 257.14

Salto Pilao Francis 2 93 2650 194.9 360

Antuco Francis 2 165 3150 196 250

Rapel Francis 2 77 3500 75.5 187.5Infiernillo Francis 4 205 4735 114.5 163.64

La Villita Francis 2 81.65 5000 46.41 120

Simplicio Francis 3 104 3250 105.3 225

Macagua I Francis 6 83 4900 46 120

Itaipu Francis 20 715 8100 118.4 90.9

El Cajon Francis 4 75 2475 156 300

Jirau Kaplan 10 76.55 7500 15.2 94.7

Santo Antonio Kaplan 13 71.05 7500 13.9 100

Estreito Kaplan 8 138.65 9500 18.94 62.98

Europe

Sedrun Pelton 3 52 2150 588 428.6

Fionnay Pelton 6 70 2650 872 428.6Kaprun Pelton 1 63 2255 868 500

Kjosnesfjorden Pelton 1 84.1 1905 785 600

Uvdal Pelton 2 53.72 1935 571.17 500

Florli Pelton 1 88.3 1874 773.99 600

Zaramagaskaya Pelton 2 171 3350 610 300

Akkoey II Pelton 2 116.78 1940 1220 750

Naturno Pelton 1 61.7 2700 1129 500

Lotru Ciunget Pelton 3 170 3810 788 375

Grosio Pelton 1 107 2970 600 333

Aguayo Pump 1 85 3000 307 500

La Muela II Pump 4 210 3180 494 600

Limberg II Pump 2 240 3910 420 428.57Obrovac Pump 1 151.8 1137 541 600

Dez Dam Francis 8 91.5 2490 164 250

Zakucac Francis 4 150 2500 265 333.33

Uluabat Francis 2 50 1850 292 600

Driva Francis 1 81 2390 540 600

Mequinenza Francis 4 83.5 5000 50 136.5

Orichella Francis 1 75 2200 474 600

Akkoeprue Francis 2 59.3 3150 86.8 214.3

Waldeck II Francis 1 240 3350 325 375

Belesar Francis 3 78 3110 120 214

Bemposta Francis 1 193.5 5900 67.5 115.4

Hacininoglu Francis 2 60.13 2382 140.24 300Harspranget Francis 1 122.6 3725 110 166.8

Kilforsen Francis 1 105.74 3725 100 166.7

Feldsee Francis 1 70.4 1912 524 1000

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Songa Francis 1 127 2304 264 300

Hintermuhr Francis 1 74.85 1870 517.02 1000

Picote II Francis 1 248 6150 66.6 115.4

Castrelo Kaplan 2 56 6800 20 93.75

Ligga Kaplan 3 185 7500 39 107.14

Cachoeira Dourada Kaplan 1 55.45 5540 34.5 128.6

Akkats Kaplan 2 75 5200 42.6 166.7

Uglich Kaplan 1 70 9000 14.5 600Vardinili I Kaplan 1 73.3 4000 59 187.5

Africa

Gilgel Gibe II Pelton 4 105 2580 485 333

Ingula Pump 4 342 4260 441 428.6

Drakensberg Pump 4 250

Afourer Pump 2 176 594

Kiambere Francis 2 84 2700 153.7 300

Beles Francis 4 119.4 1900 320 375

Shiroro Francis 4 155 4460 97 150

Aswan High Dam Francis 2 175 74 100

Merowe Francis 10 125 43

Cahora Bassa Francis 5 415Turkwell Francis 2 57.5 364

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Appendix D.2: Survey

Plant Type of turbine Old New % increase Old New Old New Old New Old New

La Villita Francis x 4, 1973 76 82 8 44 41.8 100 120 5315 5098 80 95

Guri II Francis x 5 610 715 17 130 134 112.5 112.5 6900 6900 68 67

Kiambere Francis x 2 72 84 17 150.5 150.5 300 300 2500 2500 61 61

Pantabangan Francis 51.6 60.4 17 70 75 180 180 3458 3458 74 72

Ambuklao Francis 25 35 40 154.3 154.3 360 400 1700 1700 49 55

Taloro II Francis x 2 13.6 15.64 15 191 191 600 600

Harsprånget Francis 117 140.4 20 105 105 166.7 166.7 3750 3750 61 61

Kilforsen Francis 100 120 20 95 95 166.7 166.7 3750 3750 64 64

Bajina Basta Francis x 4 95.4 108 13 67.5 67.5 136.4 136.4 4250 4250 71 71

Nedre Vinstra Francis x 4 50 65 30 448 448

Mequinenza Francis x 4 80.9 101.934 26 62 47 136.36 136.36 4300 4300 74 86

Såheim Francis x2 54 60 11 255 265

Songa Francis 120 136 13 264 264

Average 18

Hjartdøla Pelton 60.85 66.6 9 555 555

Riddes Pelton 50.3 55.7 11 1005 1005 600 600 2450 2450 46 46

Sernf Pelton 15 19.5 30 223 223 375 375 1560 1560 39 39

Niedernbach Pelton 28.4 36.92 30 1077 1077 750 750 1800 1800 41 41

Aurland I Pel ton 225 280 24

Average 21

Aschach Kaplan 85 98 15 15.9 15.9 68.2 68.2 8400 8600 144 147

Grossraming Kaplan x 2 28 35.5 27 23 23 142.9 136.4

Geithusfoss Kaplan 12.8 15 17 9.5 9.3 4880 4880

Cabinet Gorge Kaplan 24

Average 21

Total average 20

n12Output [MW] H [m] n [rpm] Runner Diameter [mm]

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Appendix D.3: Dia00Assumed Given Rules Calculated

Known data:

Nominal output Pn MW 82

Rotation speed n rpm 230.8

Nominal volume flow Q n m3/s 68

Gravity constant g m2/s 9.78

Density ρ kg/m3

997

Pådragskoeff κ 1.15

Inlet diameter D1 m 3.312

Outlet diameter D2 m 2.94

B0 m 0.65

B1 m 0.649

Angular velocity ω rad/s 24.17

Increase D2 By m 0

New m 2.94

Area outlet A2 m2

6.79

Safety factor 0.15

NPSHA m 16.9

Subtract from NPSH 0 0.1 0.2 1 0.4 0.5

NPSHT m 14.3 14.2 14.1 13.3 13.9 13.8

a 1.12

b 0.060 0.060 0.059 0.058 0.059 0.059

u2 m/s 35.5

u2 0.72β2 rad 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.28

deg 16.71 16.63 16.55 15.90 16.39 16.31

*Ω 0.60 0.60 0.59 0.58 0.59 0.59

*cm2 m/s 10.66 10.61 10.56 10.12 10.45 10.40

*cu2 0 0 0 0 0 0

OK OK OK OK OK OK

*Q 72.39 72.03 71.67 68.71

Q n m3/s 83.25 82.83 82.42 79.02

OK OK OK OK

Increase % 22 22 21 16

cm2 m/s 12.26 12.20 12.14 11.64

NPSHTnew m 12.47 12.37 12.28 11.51

OK OK OK OK

Nominal Head Hn m 123.3 123.6 123.9 126

(Retrived from Matlab)

Assumed Efficiency ηH 0.93

Pnew MW 93.08 92.84 92.60 90.29

Pnew - Pold MW 11 11 11 8Increase % 13.51 13 13 10

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Assumed Efficiency ηH 0.94

Pnew MW 94.08 93.84 93.59 91.26

Pnew - Pold MW 12 12 12 9

Increase % 14.73 14 14 11

Assumed Efficiency ηH 0.95

Pnew MW 95.08 94.84 94.59 92.23Pnew - Pold MW 13 13 13 10

Increase % 15.95 16 15 12

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Appendix D.6: Dia06Assumed Given Rules Calculated

Known data:

Nominal output Pn MW 82

Rotation speed n rpm 230.8

Nominal volume flow Q n m3/s 68

Gravity constant g m2/s 9.78

Density ρ kg/m3

997

Pådragskoeff κ 1.15

Inlet diameter D1 m 3.312

Outlet diameter D2 m 2.94

B0 m 0.65

B1 m 0.649

Angular velocity ω rad/s 24.17

Increase D2 By m 0.06

New m 3

Area outlet A2 m2

7.07

Safety factor 0.15

NPSHA m 16.9

Subtract from NPSH 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

NPSHT m 14.3 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.8

a 1.12

b 0.061 0.061 0.061 0.060 0.060 0.060

u2 m/s 36.3u2 0.74

β2 rad 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.27

deg 16 16 16 16 16 16

*Ω 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.60 0.60 0.60

*cm2 m/s 10.45 10.40 10.34 10.29 10.23 10.18

*cu2 0 0 0 0 0 0

OK OK OK OK OK OK

*Q 73.86 73.48 73.10 72.72

Q n m3/s 84.94 84.50 84.06 83.63

OK OK OK OK

Increase % 25 24 24 23

cm2 m/s 12.02 11.95 11.89 11.83

NPSHTnew m 12.36 12.26 12.17 12.07

OK OK OK OK

Nominal Head Hn m 122.0 122.4 127.7 123.0

(Retrived from Matlab)

Assumed Efficiency ηH 0.93

Pnew MW 93.97 93.79 97.35 93.27

Pnew - Pold MW 12 12 15 11Increase % 15 14 19 14

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Assumed Efficiency ηH 0.94

Pnew MW 94.98 94.80 98.39 94.28

Pnew - Pold MW 13 13 16 12

Increase % 15.82 16 20 15

Assumed Efficiency ηH 0.95

Pnew MW 95.99 95.81 99.44 95.28Pnew - Pold MW 14 14 17 13

Increase % 17 17 21 16

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Appendix D.7: Calculation of potential increase in power output (Sintef)Assumed Given Rules Calculated

Nominal volume flow Q n m3/s 68

Nominal output Pn MW 82

Nominal Head Hn m 121.9

Rotation speed n rpm 230.8

Gravitation g m2/s 9.78

Outlet diameter D2 m 2.94 3.00

Density ρ kg/m3

997

Hydraulic efficiency ηH 0.95

Sintef00 Sintef06

Assume increase in output % 17.00 17.00

Pincrease MW 95.94 95.94

Q increase m3/s 84.96 84.96

25 25

Calculations:

Pådragskoeff κ 1.15 1.15

Best volume flow *Q m3/s 73.9 73.9

Increase 9 9

Angular velocity ω rad/s 24.2 24.2

Speed number Ω 0.609 0.609

Specific speed ns 1.0 1.0

Outlet area A2 m2

6.8 7.1

Best operating point

Meridian velocity BEP *cm2

m/s 10.9 10.5

Periferal velocity u2 m/s 35.5 36.3

Outlet angle β2 rad 0.3 0.3

deg 17.0 16.1

Nominal load

Meridian velocity cm2 m/s 12.5 12.0

Tangential velocity cu2 m/s 5.3 5.4

a 1.12 1.12

b 0.061 0.061

NPSHT m 12.9 12.4

NPSHA m 14.4 14.4

YES YES

The geometry must be changed in order to allow more water

NPSHT Constant

Case 1:

Draft tube D22 m 2.94 3

New possible diameter D'2 m 2.94 3

Case 2:

w2 and cm2 increases while β2 remains the same

Net Positive Suction Head

Is the cavitation criteria fulfilled?:

Calculation of increased output

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New possible diameter D''2 m 3.328 3.396

The smallest diameter will be chosen

D2new m 2.94 3

Which case scenario? Case 1 Case 1

Checking cavitation cm2new m/s 12.5 12.0

u2new m/s 35.5 36.3

NPSHTnew m 12.9 12.4

Is the cavitation criteria fulfilled?: YES YES

New values

Volume flow Q new m3/s 85.0 87.6

Output Pnew MW 95.9 98.9

reduced head factor εh 1

Output Pnew,f MW 95.9 98.9

Pnew-Pn MW 13.9 16.9

% 15 18