Reversible pump turbines are widely employed in the pumped hydro energy storage power plants. The frequent shifts among various operational modes for the reversible pump turbines pose various instability problems, e.g...Reversible pump turbines are widely employed in the pumped hydro energy storage power plants. The frequent shifts among various operational modes for the reversible pump turbines pose various instability problems, e.g., the strong pressure fluctuation, the shaft swing, and the impeller damage. The instability is related to the vortices generated in the channels of the reversible pump turbines in the generating mode. In the present paper, a new omega vortex identification method is applied to the vortex analysis of the reversible pump turbines. The main advantage of the adopted algorithm is that it is physically independent of the selected values for the vortex identification in different working modes. Both weak and strong vortices can be identified by setting the same omega value in the whole passage of the reversible pump turbine. Five typical modes（turbine mode, runaway mode, turbine brake mode, zero-flow-rate mode and reverse pump mode） at several typical guide vane openings are selected for the analysis and comparisons. The differences between various modes and different guide vane openings are compared both qualitatively in terms of the vortex distributions and quantitatively in terms of the areas of the vortices in the reversible pump turbines. Our findings indicate that the new omega method could be successfully applied to the vortex identification in the reversible pump turbines.展开更多
本文回顾了涡定义和涡识别方法的发展历史,着重介绍了作者UTA(University of Texas at Arlington)团队及其合作者在涡科学和湍流研究的一些最新学术创新成果。UTA团队发现了可以定量描述流体刚性转动部分的物理量——Liutex向量,其主要...本文回顾了涡定义和涡识别方法的发展历史,着重介绍了作者UTA(University of Texas at Arlington)团队及其合作者在涡科学和湍流研究的一些最新学术创新成果。UTA团队发现了可以定量描述流体刚性转动部分的物理量——Liutex向量,其主要思想是把流体刚性转动从流体运动中提取出来,进而用Liutex来定义和识别涡结构,并已在广泛应用中证明了其作为涡识别方法的优越性。基于Liutex向量可以进一步研究涡量分解、速度梯度张量分解、流体运动分解、湍流结构、湍流生成机理以及旋涡的科学识别,为流体运动学的发展开辟了广阔的研究空间。区别于第一代涡识别方法和第二代涡识别方法,Liutex是一个向量,其方向代表当地转轴,大小代表当地流体刚性旋转角速度的二倍。本文详细介绍了基于Liutex向量的第三代涡的定义和识别方法,包括Liutex等值面、Liutex-Omega等值面、Liutex向量线、Liutex涡核线、以及最新发现的中低雷诺数湍流边界层中的Liutex-5/3幂次相似律,其发现很大程度上扩大了传统湍流能谱幂次律的适用范围,对建立湍流模型具有重要意义。展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Project No.2018YFB0604304-04)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51506051)
文摘Reversible pump turbines are widely employed in the pumped hydro energy storage power plants. The frequent shifts among various operational modes for the reversible pump turbines pose various instability problems, e.g., the strong pressure fluctuation, the shaft swing, and the impeller damage. The instability is related to the vortices generated in the channels of the reversible pump turbines in the generating mode. In the present paper, a new omega vortex identification method is applied to the vortex analysis of the reversible pump turbines. The main advantage of the adopted algorithm is that it is physically independent of the selected values for the vortex identification in different working modes. Both weak and strong vortices can be identified by setting the same omega value in the whole passage of the reversible pump turbine. Five typical modes（turbine mode, runaway mode, turbine brake mode, zero-flow-rate mode and reverse pump mode） at several typical guide vane openings are selected for the analysis and comparisons. The differences between various modes and different guide vane openings are compared both qualitatively in terms of the vortex distributions and quantitatively in terms of the areas of the vortices in the reversible pump turbines. Our findings indicate that the new omega method could be successfully applied to the vortex identification in the reversible pump turbines.
文摘本文回顾了涡定义和涡识别方法的发展历史,着重介绍了作者UTA(University of Texas at Arlington)团队及其合作者在涡科学和湍流研究的一些最新学术创新成果。UTA团队发现了可以定量描述流体刚性转动部分的物理量——Liutex向量,其主要思想是把流体刚性转动从流体运动中提取出来,进而用Liutex来定义和识别涡结构,并已在广泛应用中证明了其作为涡识别方法的优越性。基于Liutex向量可以进一步研究涡量分解、速度梯度张量分解、流体运动分解、湍流结构、湍流生成机理以及旋涡的科学识别,为流体运动学的发展开辟了广阔的研究空间。区别于第一代涡识别方法和第二代涡识别方法,Liutex是一个向量,其方向代表当地转轴,大小代表当地流体刚性旋转角速度的二倍。本文详细介绍了基于Liutex向量的第三代涡的定义和识别方法,包括Liutex等值面、Liutex-Omega等值面、Liutex向量线、Liutex涡核线、以及最新发现的中低雷诺数湍流边界层中的Liutex-5/3幂次相似律,其发现很大程度上扩大了传统湍流能谱幂次律的适用范围,对建立湍流模型具有重要意义。
