Tentative Outline for 6 days Training Program on Reversible pump-turbines
(can be discussed & finalized mutually)
Topic Expected Take-away’s from the session Remarks
Day 1 Pumped storage power Basics of Pumped Storage Plants 10-12
plant basics Salient PSP parameters from reversible pump- participants
turbine designers' point of view, Cycle efficiency
Reversible pump- Basic requirements from pump-turbine vis-à-vis
turbine basic hydraulics site/client requirements
Comparision between conventional hydro power
plants and pumped storage plants
Latest trends in PSP equipment & business
Variable speed v/s Fixed speed machines
Impact of variable speed on pump-turbine design
Day 2 Hydraulic Design Overview of reversible pump-turbine hydraulic 10-12
methodology design participants
Overview of reversible pump-turbine hydraulic
design methodology
Comparision between hydraulic design &
methodology of Francis turbines and reversible
pump-turbines
Reversible pump- Performance Characteristics in pump mode and
turbine characteristics turbine mode
Cavitation characteristics
Instabilities in pump mode
Instabilities in turbine mode
S-shaped characteristics
FSI (Rotor-stator interaction)
Impact of pump-turbine geometrical parameters
on the above characteristics
Day 3 Hydraulic Design Hydraulic design Calculations (including experience 10-12
calculations for Salient curves) for arriving at the salient water path participants
dimensions dimensions, viz.
a. Spiral casing inlet diameter, offset and
philosophy of spiral design.
b. Stay ring Dia., Stay vanes ID & OD and their
numbers, stay vane profile.
c. Criteria for evolving Profile of Guide vane, PCD,
number, length and thickness.
e. Criteria for calculating runner salient parameters
like runner D1hub, discharge diameter, D1shroud,
D2hub, Number of blades, maximum thickness of
blades and its location.
g. Criteria for evolving the meridional geometry of
runner including hub profile, shroud profile,
location & shape of leading edge and location &
shape of trailing edge.
Hydraulic Design of Hydraulic designing of Spiral casing, stay vanes,
components guide vanes & draft tube for reversible pump-
turbines: Methodology, latest trends, best
practices, sample design
Day 4 Hydraulic Design of Finalization of runner blade design including 10-12
runner blade profile parameters like Blade angles, Span angles, Blade participants
lean/stacking, variation of blade angles from inlet
to outlet, thickness distribution etc. required for
achieving specific requirements of turbine output,
pump discharge, plant sigma, while considering
head variation, frequency variation etc.
Numerical analysis (CFD Analysis) methodology/
best practices in pumping mode as well as turbine
mode.
Day 5 Handling of special Multi stage reversible pump-turbine: Hydraulic & 10-12
hydraulic requirements mechanical features participants
during live Deriaz type reversible pump-turbines
tender/project
Very high head & very low head machines
S-shaped characteristics, hydraulic/mechanical
design features for mitigation, case study
Change in hydraulic efficiency in pumping mode as
well as turbine mode and other parameters (like
sigma) in specific cases to accommodate Customer
civil layout parameters by changing spiral casing or
Draft tube design
Geometrical features effecting the severity and
location of unstable zones in the pumping/turbine
characteristics
Geometrical features effecting the cavitation
characteristics in pumping/turbine mode
Case Study Comprehensive hydraulic design of complete
reversible pump-turbine for given client
requirements from any tender data
Sample (baseline) hydraulic design of reversible
pump turbine of a low head, medium head and
high head PSP
Day6 Systems design Finalization of Inputs from reversible pump-turbine Different
designer for motor-generator / governor/ BOP: set of 10-
Pump start-up and shut-down process 12
participants
Turbine start-up and shut-down process
Pump starting characteristics, churning power,
starting torque characteristics, synchronous
condensor operation calculations, cooling water
calculations, compressed air requirements
Governing system requirements
Mode change timings
Reversible pump- Difference from Francis turbine mechanical design
turbine Mechanical FE analysis (best practices) for structural design
Design Fatigue analysis (best practices)