• DocumentCode
    3531832
  • Title

    Numerical simulation on pump as turbine: Mesh reliability and performance concerns

  • Author

    Carravetta, A. ; Fecarotta, O. ; Ramos, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Hydraulic, Geotech. & Environ. Eng., Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    14-16 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    174
  • Abstract
    A pump used as turbine (PAT) for the transformation of hydraulic energy in electricity is the new trend in the management of water distribution networks. So far few application of such devices are known for the lack of adequate studies on the PAT project and on the interactions between PAT and the water system. Overall efficiency, flexibility under flow rate and pressure variations, response to unsteady state conditions are still open questions. Some of these problems are discussed in the paper by numerical computation.
  • Keywords
    hydraulic turbines; power system reliability; flexibility under flow rate; hydraulic energy; mesh reliability; numerical simulation; pump used as turbine; water distribution networks; Computational fluid dynamics; Magnetic heads; Pipelines; Pumps; Turbines; Valves; Pump as Turbine; computational modeling; fluid dynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ischia
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8929-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8928-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036260
  • Filename
    6036260