New Bulb Turbine with Counter-rotating Tandem-runner.pdfVIP

CHINESEJ0URNALOFMECHANICALENGINEERING Vo1．25，No．5，2012 ·919 · DOI：i0．3901／CJME．2012．05．919，availableonlineatwww．springerlink．corn；www．cjmenet．cornandw-vvwcjmenet．corn．cn New BulbTurbinewithCounter-r·otatingTandem -·runner HANFengqin一，YANGLijing1,2YANShijie，andKUBOATTakashi 1CollegeofElectricPower,SouthChinaUniversityofTechnology,Guangzhou510640,China 2GuangdongTechnicalCollegeofWaterResourcesandElec~icEngineering,Guangzhou510635，China ReceivedNovember25，2011；revisedJune8，2012；acceptedJune12，2012 Abstract：W ith theincreasingdemandfortheclean sustainablepower，theturbinedesignurgentlyutrnsto increasethecapability significantlytowardhigherheadforgeneratinglargerpower．Currently,therearemanystudiesinthefieldofthebulbturbinewith single—stagerunner，thoughreportsaboutcounter_rOtatingtandem—runnerarerare．However,thefurtherhigh-headapplicationwiththe single—stageurnnerisvery difficultto achieveduetothe limitofthespecificspeed．Inthispaper,anew bulb turbinewiththe tandem—runnerisdesignedinordertosubstantiallyincreasetheapplicablelimittowardhigherheadwithlargerpower．Ahalfofthenet headisabsorbedbytherfontalurnnerwhichcangenerateoutputpower,whiletheremaininghalfisabsorbedbytherearurnner,To generatetheEulerenergyrequiredofrtherearurnner,thefrontalrunnerhasthecounter-rotationagainsttherearrllnllersothatthe counter-rotatingtandem-runnercanmeetthepurposeofdoubleheadandpowerunderthesamesizeastheconventionalbulbturbine． SupplyanddemandofEulerenergybetweenthetworunnersarethoroughlyoptimizedthroughthedetailedflow analysis，inorderto securethestableoperation．Asaresult，theinterferenceofEulerenergiesbetweentheoutflow from therfontalurnnerandtheinflowto therearrunnerisconfirmedtobevery smallon thecounter-rotatinginterfacebetweenthetworunners．Thepredic