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Acknowledgements:
Financial support:
Bonneville Power Administration of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under
award number TIP#258.
Presentation outline
Background/Motivation
Dimensional analysis
Application
Conclusions
Hydropower systems
Three Gorges hydropower
plant, China
Hoover Dam, US
www.hdrinc.com
www.water-technology.net
www.power-technology.com
Background/Motivation
16% of global electricity production came from
hydropower in 2007
Background/Motivation (Cont.)
Implementation of remaining hydroelectric potential
: specificweightofwater= g
: waterdensity
g : accelerationofgravity
Q : flowdischarge
t : turbineefficiency
g : generatorefficiency
Q
hL
2 CL
2gA2
A2
L
f
k1 2 k N
D
A
2
N
CL
A2
L
f
k1 2
D2
Ad
L : length
D2 : diameterofpenstock
A2 : cross sectionareaofpenstock
1-2
AN : nozzleareaatexit
f : frictionfactor
kN
1,
C
:
0.98
~
0.99
V
CV2
Q2
P Q H g CL
2
2 gA2
dP dQ 0
1
4
1
Qr
2A3
gH g ,Pr H g A3
gH g
3
3
3
AN foranimpulseturbine
A3
Ad forareactionturbine
Q2
P Q H g CL
2
2 gA2
3
3
P Q Q
2
with
A3 2
CL
f L,D2 ,f , k,A3 A2
A2
1 D2
0.01, 1.0 for impulse turbines
In applications,
11
12
dQ
Achieving large P+
with small Q+
Maximize P+ / Q+
3
3
2
3 Q 0,
2
2
P+ / Q+ = 0 achieve maximum P+
however, not optimal!
13
P max
1
1
, Q max
2
2
Achieving large P+
with small Q+
Maximize P+ / Q+
dP
3
3
2
3 Q 0,
dQ
2
2
14
P+ / Q+ = 3/2
Ideal condition to
save water but power
produced is small
15
P+/Q+ is small
in [0, 0.8]
optimal limit of
P+ / Q+ is set
to 0.8
16
0.8
dQ opt
Q optupper
30
19
7
P optupper 15 30
2
7 gH g
Qoptupper A2
3
10 CL
Poptupper
76
7 gH g
H g A2
135
10 CL
3
3
P Q Q
2
18
Q Q3
2
Q3
P specified
Qoptupper
Poptupper
2
7 gH g
A2
3
10 CL
76
7 gH g
H g A2
135
10 CL
Qopt
45 P
38 H g
CL opt
A22
Q specified Popt
14 gH g
45 Q2
38
H g Q
45
1 2
1.5
CL opt
2
2
14 gH g
-4
1693.8
m
45 Q 2
1
k N 2 1 0.0307
CV
0.25
f
5.74
log10 3.7 D Re0.9
500 f
2
CL
1.5 k N 16
D2
D2 0.3968m
Q2
CL
0.134 (13.4%) < 15.6%
2
2 gH g A2
0.62
=751421 W=751.4 kW
200 25.35
2
2 9.8 0.1317
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CONCLUSIONS