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BS EN 62256:2008 Hydraulic turbines, storage pumps and pump-turbines. Rehabilitation and performance improvement, 2008
- iec62256.pdf [Go to Page]
- English [Go to Page]
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Scope and object
- 2 Nomenclature
- 3 Reasons for rehabilitating [Go to Page]
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 Reliability and availability increase
- 3.3 Life extension and performance restoration
- 3.4 Performance improvement
- 3.5 Plant safety improvement
- 3.6 Environmental, social and regulatory issues
- 3.7 Maintenance and operating cost reduction
- 3.8 Other considerations
- 4 Phases of a rehabilitation project [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Decision on organization
- 4.3 Level of assessment and determination of scope
- 4.4 Contractual issues
- 4.5 Execution of project
- 4.6 Evaluation of results and compliance with guarantees
- 5 Scheduling, cost analysis and risk analysis [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Scheduling
- 5.2 Economic and financial analyses
- 5.3 Risk analysis
- 6 Assessment and determination of scope of the work [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Assessment of the site
- 6.3 The assessment of the turbine
- 6.4 The assessment of related equipment
- 7 Hydraulic design and performance testing options [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 Computational hydraulic design
- 7.3 Model tests
- 7.4 Prototype performance test
- 8 Specifications [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Reference standards
- 8.3 Information to be included in the tender documents
- 8.4 Documents to be developed in the course of the project
- Bibliography
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 – Flow diagram depicting the logic of the rehabilitation process
- Figure 2 – Critical zones for cracks “A” and “B” in Pelton runner buckets
- Figure 3 – Relative efficiency versus relative output – Original and new runners
- Figure 4 – Relative efficiency versus output – Original and new runners – Outardes 3 generating station
- Figure 5 – Efficiency and distribution of losses versus specific speed for Francis turbines (model) in 2005
- Figure 6 – Relative efficiency gain following modification of the blades on the La Grande 3 runner, in Quebec, Canada
- Figure 7a – Potential efficiency improvement for Francis turbine rehabilitation
- Figure 7b – Potential efficiency improvement for Kaplan turbine rehabilitation
- Figure 8 – Cavitation and corrosion-erosion in Francis runner
- Figure 9 – Back side erosion of the entrance into a Pelton bucket
- Figure 10 – Leading edge cavitation erosion on a Françis pump-turbine caused by extended periods of operation at very low loads
- Figure 11 – Severe particle erosion damage in a Francis runner
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1 – Expected life of a hydropower plant and its subsystems before major work
- Table 2 – Assessment of turbine embedded parts – Stay ring
- Table 3 – Assessment of turbine embedded parts – Spiral or semi-spiral case
- Table 4 – Assessment of turbine embedded parts – Discharge ring
- Table 5 – Assessment of turbine embedded parts – Draft tube
- Table 6 – Assessment of turbine non-embedded, non-rotating parts – Headcover
- Table 7 – Assessment of turbine non-embedded, non-rotating parts – Intermediate and inner headcovers
- Table 8 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Bottom ring
- Table 9 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Guide vanes
- Table 10 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Guide vane operating mechanism
- Table 11 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Operating ring
- Table 12 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Servomotors
- Table 13 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Guide bearings
- Table 14 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Turbine shaft seal (mechanical seal or packing box)
- Table 15 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Thrust bearing support
- Table 16 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Nozzles
- Table 17 – Assessment of turbine non embedded, non rotating parts – Deflectors and energy dissipation
- Table 18a – Assessment of turbine rotating parts – Runner
- Table 18b – Assessment of turbine rotating parts – Runner
- Table 18c – Assessment of turbine rotating parts – Runner
- Table 19 – Assessment of turbine rotating parts – Turbine shaft
- Table 20 – Assessment of turbine rotating parts – Oil head and oil distribution pipes
- Table 21 – Assessment of turbine auxiliaries – Speed and load regulation system (governor)
- Table 22 – Assessment of turbine auxiliaries – Turbine aeration system
- Table 23 – Assessment of turbine auxiliaries – Lubrication system (guide vane mechanism)
- Table 24 – Francis turbine potential efficiency improvement (%) for runner profile modifications only
- Table 25 – Potential impact of design and condition of runner seals on Francis turbine efficiency with new replacement runner or rehabilitated runner (%)
- Table 26 – Potential total gain in efficiency from the replacement of a Francis turbine runner including the blade profile improvements, the restoration of surface condition and the reduction of seal losses
- Table 27 – Potential Additional Efficiency Improvement by Rehabilitation/Replacement of Other Water Passage Components on a Francis Turbine (%)
- Table 28 – Assessment of related equipment – Governor
- Table 29 – Assessment of related equipment – Generator and thrust bearing
- Table 30 – Assessment of related equipment – Penstock and turbine inlet valves
- Table 31 – Assessment of related equipment – Civil works
- Table 32 – Assessment of related equipment – Crane, erection equipment [Go to Page]