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Strain measurement of hydraulic turbine using distributed optical fiber sensor: a preliminary study

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It is well known that hydraulic machines experience various types of flow instabilities causing a negative influence on the system under off-design operations. The transfer matrix method correlating the flow properties in upstream and downstream of hydraul ...

2020

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Francis turbines operating at part load conditions develop a cavitation precessing vortex known as a vortex rope in the draft tube cone below the runner outlet. At part load conditions, this vortex precession acts as an excitation source inducing pressure ...

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

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Francis turbines operating at part load conditions typically experience a cavitation vortex rope immediately at the runner outlet. As the compliance of this cavitation flow is much higher than the one in cavitation-free conditions, a decrease in the value ...

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Preliminary Study of Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing Technologies in Hydraulic Machinery

Luc Thévenaz, Camille Sophie Brès, Can Yao, Xiaopeng Huang, Pingyu Zhu

This paper includes a preliminary study of bringing innovative and promising distributed optical fiber sensing technologies to strain monitoring of hydraulic machinery. ...

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Full load pressure surge limits the operating range of hydro-electric generating units by causing significant power output swings and by compromising the safety of the plant. It appears during the off-design operation of hydraulic machines, which is increa ...

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Dynamics of the cavitation precessing vortex rope for Francis turbines at part load operating conditions

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