Yulan Li, Weijia Yang, Yifan Huang, Weichao Ma, Zhigao Zhao, Jiebin Yang, Yongguang Cheng, Z. Qian, Jiandong Yang
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Abstract
Variable speed operation has emerged as a key direction in the development of pumped storage technology. Maintaining pressure pulsation within the control range is particularly critical for ensuring operational safety of variable-speed pumped storage plants (VSPSPs). However, there is limited research on the relationship between pressure pulsation for pump-turbine and variable speed operation. This paper presents amplitude distribution diagrams of pressure pulsation, obtained from processing model test results of a real VSPSP. Different conditions of variable speed operation are simulated by a numerical model to analyze the influence of operating trajectory on pressure pulsation, and the intensity of pressure pulsation is quantitatively evaluated. According to the results, when the initial speed or speed command increases, the trajectory passes through more regions with high-amplitude pressure pulsation and gradually moves towards the S-shaped region, leading to pressure oscillations. When speed command reduces, maximum pressure pulsation at the volute inlet and in the draft tube can be reduced by 82.18% and 63.24% at most, and the evaluation score can be increased by 28.77%. The findings of this study can offer theoretical guidance for operating VSPSPs.
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Specific areas of importance including, but not limited to: Fundamentals of thermodynamics such as energy, entropy and exergy, laws of thermodynamics; Thermoeconomics; Alternative and renewable energy sources; Internal combustion engines; (Geo) thermal energy storage and conversion systems; Fundamental combustion of fuels; Energy resource recovery from biomass and solid wastes; Carbon capture; Land and offshore wells drilling; Production and reservoir engineering;, Economics of energy resource exploitation