Linear pressure profile estimation along a penstock associated with transients due to severe defects

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to show how the pressure load profile along a penstock of an hydroplant and the corresponding flow rate is obtained from the pressure signal using a code called ACHYL CF. In particular the paper will present how it is possible to reconstruct the history of the incident after a strong transient state, in the case of two plants with Pelton turbines and one DSPCF device on a branch of the circuit. For plant-1 the DSPCF device observes an overrun of the maximal allowed pressure after the filling of the injector branch and for plant-2, a strong transient leads to the rupture of the penstock.