Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Pumps as Turbines
and Influence of Pump Geometry
Arthur Williams University of Nottingham
(School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Arnaldo Rodrigues Flowserve Pumps, Newark, UK
Pump as Turbine
Photo: Energy for Sustainable Development
7000
16
6000
PaT Head
12
Head (m)
5000
10
4000
Pump best
efficiency: 72%
3000
PaT Power
6
2000
4
1000
2
0
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
Flow (litre/s)
60
14
16
80
14
70
12
60
10
50
PaT best
efficiency: 72%
40
Pump best
efficiency: 72%
30
20
10
0
0
10
20
30
Flow (l/s)
40
50
60
Efficiency (%)
Head (m)
1.05
+/- 5%
1
0.95
0.9
0.75
10
100
Pump Specific Speed (Nq - metric units - logarithmic scale)
1000
Sahyadri
Energy
Systems
Water In
To drinking
water tank
PAT
Multi-stage
Pump
Gearbox
Plane vi-vii
Plane v-vi
Zone vi
Measurement
plane for
suction
head
Pump Centreline
Zone vi
Zone v
Impeller
Zone
vii
Draft
Tube
Zone iv
Zone iii
Zone ii
Churning
region
Zone i
Volute
Full model
No leakage
Simplification of
pump geometry
changes CFD
predictions
No churning
volume
V-shaped interface
- OK for pump mode
- not acceptable for
turbine modelling
CFD streamlines:
Turbine mode
Modification to impeller
= material removed
24
80
4
0
0.04
End of part
load region
0.08
Non-Modified
gH/N D
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0.12
Modified-Eye
Q/ND3
Efficiency (%)
12
16
No load line
gH/N2D2
70
hhyd curves
20
2.0
80
Phyd/N D
0.0
0.04
No load
line
0.4
End of part
0.8
0.08
Non-Modified
Overload region
1.2
0.12
Modified-Eye
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Q/ND3
Efficiency (%)
hhyd curves
1.6
Phyd/N3D5
70
Loss (m)
3
8
12
16
20
24
Discharge (l/s)
Overload region
BEP
No load
0
28
32
PaT selection
25
80
70
20
50
15
Predicted
operating point
40
10
30
Pump head
Net site head
20
Estimated Turbine
Pump eff (%)
10
0
0
10
15
20
25
Flow (l/s)
30
35
40
45
Efficiency (%)
Head (m)
60
80
70
30
60
25
50
20
40
15
30
10
20
10
0
15
20
25
30
Flow (l/s)
35
Efficiency (%)
Head (m)
35
Conclusions
Pumps as Turbines (PaTs):
Are suitable for medium-head micro & pico hydro
Have acceptable efficiency for fixed flow operation
May need modification to improve efficiency
Acknowledgements
where most of the
research was done
where much of
testing was done
(Prof Franz Nestmann & Dr Punit Singh)