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Redesign of Sharp Heel Draft Tube — Results from Tests in Model and Prototype

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Hydraulic Machinery and Cavitation

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Draft tubes with a sharp heel are quite common in hydro power stations constructed 50 years ago. This design reduced both construction time and investment. We have shown that there is potential for increasing unit performance by a moderate modification of such draft tubes. The redesign has been done with the aid of model tests in a turbine rig. The new design has been installed in a 50 MW hydro unit and an efficiency improvement in the order of 0.5% has been verified through accurate measurements.

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Il ya nombreux des aspirateurs avec talons acérés dans stations hydroélectrique plusieurs de cinquante ans. Cet design reduit le temps de construction et l’investissement. Nous avons montré un augmentation potentiel de rendement, aprés un changement modéré. Les experiments ont realisé utilisant notre laboratoire de turbines moderne. Le design nouvel est implementé dans un tube d’aspiratuer de Kaplan turbine (puissance 50 MW). Un augmentation environ de 0.5% est verifié aprés essais sur place.

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Dahlbäck, N. (1996). Redesign of Sharp Heel Draft Tube — Results from Tests in Model and Prototype. In: Cabrera, E., Espert, V., Martínez, F. (eds) Hydraulic Machinery and Cavitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9385-9_100

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