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Operational Stability of Hydropower Plant with Upstream and Downstream Surge Chambers during Small Load Disturbance

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  • Yi Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
    College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Xiaodong Yu

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
    College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Xinlei Guo

    (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Wenlong Zhao

    (Institute of Water Science and Technology, Hohai University, Nanjing 211106, China)

  • Sheng Chen

    (College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

Abstract

A surge chamber is a common pressure reduction facility in a hydropower plant. Owing to large flow inertia in the upstream headrace tunnel and downstream tailrace tunnel, a hydropower plant with upstream and downstream surge chambers (HPUDSC) was adopted. This paper aimed to investigate the operational stability and nonlinear dynamic behavior of a HPUDSC. Firstly, a nonlinear dynamic model of the HPUDSC system was built. Subsequently, the operational stability and nonlinear dynamic behavior of the HPUDSC system were studied based on Hopf bifurcation theory and numerical simulation. Finally, the influencing factors of stability of the HPUDSC system were investigated. The results indicated the nonlinear HPUDSC system occurred at subcritical Hopf bifurcation, and the stability domain was located above the bifurcation curve, which provided a basis for the tuning of the governor parameters during operation. The dominant factors of stability and dynamic behavior of the HPUDSC system were flow inertia and head loss of the headrace tunnel and the area of the upstream surge chamber. Either increasing the head loss of the headrace tunnel and area of the upstream surge chamber or decreasing the flow inertia of the headrace tunnel could improve the operational stability of the HPUDSC. The proposed conclusions are of crucial engineering value for the stable operation of a HPUDSC.

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  • Yi Liu & Xiaodong Yu & Xinlei Guo & Wenlong Zhao & Sheng Chen, 2023. "Operational Stability of Hydropower Plant with Upstream and Downstream Surge Chambers during Small Load Disturbance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-13, June.
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