Author:
Bosioc A I,Szakal R,Tanasa C,Susan-Resiga R.F.
Abstract
Abstract
The main purpose of the paper is to investigate experimentally a new concept by using a free runner downstream of the main hydraulic runner turbine to increase the flexibility in operation. The free runner concept supposes that rotates at the runaway speed with vanishing mechanical torque. The main purpose is to redistribute between the shaft and the periphery the total pressure and the moment of momentum, such that the flux of total pressure and the moment of momentum are not altered. Moreover, the free runner does not modify the operating point of the main hydraulic turbine runner. The experimental investigation focuses on velocity profiles measurements with the LDV system and the unsteady pressure measurements downstream the free runner, in the draft tube cone.
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