WO2017108120A1 - Runner for a hydraulic turbine or pump and method of operating such a runner - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
- F03B11/00—Parts or details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the preceding groups, e.g. wear-protection couplings, between turbine and generator
- F03B11/002—Injecting air or other fluid
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
- F03B3/00—Machines or engines of reaction type; Parts or details peculiar thereto
- F03B3/12—Blades; Blade-carrying rotors
- F03B3/121—Blades, their form or construction
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
- F03B3/00—Machines or engines of reaction type; Parts or details peculiar thereto
- F03B3/12—Blades; Blade-carrying rotors
- F03B3/125—Rotors for radial flow at high-pressure side and axial flow at low-pressure side, e.g. for Francis-type turbines
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/20—Hydro energy
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- the present invention relates generally to hydroelectric turbine or pump installations. More particularly, this invention pertains to hydroelectric installations with means for enhancing the level of dissolved gas in water passing through the turbine or pump.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,924,842 to Beyer, James R. discloses a runner for a Francis turbine comprising a crown; a band substantially concentric with the crown; and a plurality of blades extending between crown and the band at spaced intervals along the crown, each blade fixedly secured to the crown at an inner edge and to the band at a distal outer edge, each blade having a water directing surface defined by a pressure side, an opposite facing suction side, a leading edge and a spaced apart trailing edge, at least one of the blades including: a leading edge blade portion having a rear edge in which a first slot is machined along at least a portion of the rear edge; a trailing portion having a front edge in which a second slot is machined along at least a portion of the front edge; wherein the trailing portion is fixedly secured
- the objective of the mentioned state of the art is to increase the level of dissolved oxygen downstream of the turbine or pump by introducing an oxygen containing gas into the water passing through the unit. It has been documented through field testing that turbine or pump aeration lowers operating efficiency and the optimization of these aeration induced efficiency impacts often constitute design criteria for modern turbine or pump aeration technologies.
- a related aspect of the problem is the ability to discharge the oxygen containing gas efficiently across a wide range of operating conditions.
- Current hydraulic turbines or pumps are operated across a range of inlet pressures, outlet pressures, and flows, resulting in changes in the pressure distribution at the outlet of the runner. As the pressure distribution changes along the trailing edge of the blade due to changes in operating conditions, the location of the lowest pressure region also changes.
- the present invention provide a runner of a hydraulic turbine or pump which is capable of maintaining high levels of dissolved oxygen over a broad range of operation modes.
- the inventors recognized that a runner according to prior art has only two parameters to manipulate the dissolved oxygen content downstream of the runner: The arrangement of the orifices at the trailing edge of the blade and the flow of gas through the passage. It is clear that the effectiveness of the first parameter is sensitive to the pressure distribution on the trailing edge as it is desirable to locate the orifices in the trailing edge in lowest pressure regions.
- the oxygen containing gas is typically admitted naturally (at atmospheric pressure), and so the maximum flow of oxygen containing gas is dependent on the average pressure downstream of the trailing edge orifices. As this average pressure rises, less oxygen containing gas can be entrained.
- the arrangement of the orifices corresponding to the current state of the art is fixed and can therefore only be optimized for a limited range of operation.
- the increase in the dissolved oxygen level downstream will not be optimal and could require a forced flow of oxygen containing gas via blowers or compressors in order to obtain the desired dissolved oxygen levels downstream.
- the problem is solved by a runner according to claim 1 .
- Other favorable implementations of the invention are disclosed in the depended claims.
- the independent method claim discloses a method for operating a runner according to the present invention.
- each of the separate groups of orifices on the trailing edge comprises at least one orifice to admit gas to the passing fluid.
- each of the separate groups of orifices on the trailing edge can be provided with a gas supply that can be regulated separately.
- the separate groups of orifices can take best advantage of the average pressures downstream of their respective portion of the trailing edge and the dissolved oxygen can be maintained on a high level for a broad band of operation modes by adapting the gas flow through the separate passages to the respective operation mode conditions.
- Independent control of the gas flow rates through the separate groups of orifices depending on operation mode also provides the ability to optimize aeration induced operating efficiency impacts. It is clear that the used phrase 'separate' has the meaning of 'not fluidly connected within the blade'.
- Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an axial turbine runner according to an embodiment of a runner of the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a Francis turbine runner according to another embodiment of a runner of the present invention
- Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of the method for operating a runner according the present invention.
- Figure 1 displays schematically a cross-sectional view of an axial turbine runner.
- the runner hub is designated as 1 (only the right side is shown completely).
- a runner blade designated as 2 extends from the hub 1 .
- the blade 2 has a leading edge 3 and a trailing edge 4 meaning that the fluid entering the runner flows from the leading edge 3 towards the trailing edge 4.
- the fluid flow is divided by the blade 2 whereas one side of the blade 2 forms the pressure surface and the other side the suction surface.
- the blade 2 shown in figure 1 contains two separate chambers which are not fluidly connected.
- the chambers within the two surfaces of the blade 2 are designated as 5.1 and 5.2 respectively.
- the blade 2 has two separate gas inlet apertures designated as 6.1 and 6.2 each with a separate gas supply.
- the chambers 5.1 and 5.2 are forming separate gas passages capable of delivering oxygen containing gas from the separate gas inlet apertures 6.1 and 6.2 to the separate groups of orifices 7.1 and 7.2.
- the gas flowing in through the gas inlet apertures 6.1 and 6.2 is admitted through the separate groups of orifices 7.1 and 7.2 within the trailing edge 4 into the fluid i.e. water passing the trailing edge 4.
- the gas inlet aperture 6.2 is connected to a hub manifold (10) which is capturing the surrounding oxygen containing gas above the hub 1 of the runner during operation.
- the gas flow (which contains oxygen) through the gas passage 5.2 is dependent on the operation conditions (mainly fluid pressure and fluid velocity at the portion 7.2 of the trailing edge 4).
- the gas flow through the gas passage 5.1 is established via the hollow inner hub chamber 8 and the hollow shaft designated as 9.
- the flow of gas through inlet apertures 6.1 and 6.2 can also be controlled by means not shown in figure 1. Therefore the amount of gas being introduced into the passing fluid at the portion 7.1 or 7.2 of the trailing edge 4 can be independently increased or decreased depending on the operation mode of the turbine. In this way, the flow and distribution of oxygen containing gas can be optimized to achieve the desired level of dissolved oxygen downstream with the minimum impact on turbine performance.
- Figure 2 displays schematically a cross-sectional view of a Francis turbine runner.
- the runner crown is designated as 21 (only the right side is shown completely).
- a runner blade designated as 22 extends between the crown 21 and the band designated as 30.
- the blade 22 has a leading edge 23 and a trailing edge 24 meaning that the fluid entering the runner flows from the leading edge 23 towards the trailing edge 24.
- the water flow is divided by the blade 22 whereas one side of the blade 22 forms the pressure surface and the other side the suction surface.
- the blade 22 shown in figure 2 is a hollow blade.
- the chamber between the two surfaces of the blade 22 is divided by a wall designated as 22.1 forming two separate chambers designated as 25.1 and 25.2 respectively.
- the blade 22 In the region of the inner crown chamber 28 the blade 22 has a gas inlet aperture designated as 26.1. In the region of the crown 21 the blade 22 has a gas inlet aperture designated as 26.2. At the trailing edge 24 there are two groups of orifices (indicated as small channels but not individually designated). These groups of orifices are designated as 27.1 and 27.2 respectively.
- the chambers 25.1 and 25.2 are forming separate gas passages capable of delivering oxygen containing gas from the separate gas inlet apertures 26.1 and 26.2 to the separate groups of orifices 27.1 and 27.2.
- the gas flowing in through the gas inlet apertures 26.1 and 26.2 is admitted through the separate groups of orifices 27.1 and 27.2 within the trailing edge 24 into the fluid passing the trailing edge 24.
- the gas inlet aperture 26.2 admits gas from above the crown 21 of the runner during operation. On the other side the gas is sucked by the fluid passing out of the group of orifices 27.2 in the trailing edge from the gas passage 25.2. Therefore the gas flow (which contains oxygen) through the gas passage 25.2 is given directly by the operation conditions (mainly fluid pressure and fluid velocity in the vicinity of the group of orifices 27.2).
- the gas flow through the gas passage 25.1 is established via the hollow inner crown chamber 28 and the hollow shaft designated as 29.
- This flow of gas can easily be controlled by means not shown in figure 2. Therefore the amount of gas being introduced into the passing fluid through the group of orifices 27.1 of the trailing edge 24 can be increased or decreased depending on the operation mode of the turbine. In this way, the flow and distribution of oxygen containing gas can be optimized to achieve the desired level of dissolved oxygen downstream with the minimum impact on turbine performance compared with a runner having only one gas passage.
- the embodiments shown in figures 1 and 2 are only two examples of a much broader variety of embodiments each employing the inventive idea.
- one or more of the gas inlet apertures could be also located at the band 30.
- the wall 22.1 could be made in a way that its upper side ends in the inner crown chamber 28 region giving the possibility that both gas inlet apertures 26.1 and 26.2 are located in the inner crown chamber 28.
- a gas manifold could be located within the inner crown chamber 28 to control the gas flows into the two gas inlet apertures 26.1 and 26.2 separately.
- Another possibility would be to connect the separate gas inlet apertures 26.1 and 26.2 by separate gas tubes leading both through the hollow shaft 29. In this case the gas manifold can be located outside the runner.
- the number of separate gas inlet apertures, the number of separate gas passages and the number of separate groups of orifices (27.1, 27.2) can be increased to achieve an even greater level of control over the flow of oxygen containing gas.
- the invention is not restricted to hollow blades where the separate gas passages are formed by a wall between the two surfaces of the blade.
- the separate gas passages can be formed by milling or drilling or other suited forming processes.
- the blades can also be formed by combining hollow parts with solid parts, e.g. the part near the trailing edge 4, 24 being made out of a solid part and the rest of the blade being hollow. In this latter case the separate gas passages can be located in the solid part alone.
- the invention is also not restricted to turbines and pumps of the Francis type, or fixed blade axial turbines and pumps, but extends also to axial flow Kaplan turbines and pumps of the Kaplan type.
- FIG. 3 depicts a block diagram showing the method of operating a runner according to the present invention.
- step 1 the operating condition of the turbine or pump is adjusted.
- step 2 the flow of the oxygen containing gas through at least one of the separate gas passages is adjusted according to the operating condition adjusted in step 1 in order to achieve the target dissolved oxygen content downstream with the minimum impact on performance.
- any oxygen containing gas can be used, for instance air or pure oxygen.
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