Aerating system for hydraulic turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10215151-B2
Application number	US-201415036693-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	Nov 14, 2013
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

Aerating system for the runner of a hydraulic turbine, the runner comprising a plurality of blades, such that inter-blade canals are configured between each pair of blades for the admission of air in the water flow circulating through the hydraulic turbine, such that the aerating system comprises at least one hydrofoil located in the inter-blade canal of the runner contacting the pair of blades configuring the inter-blade canal where the hydrofoil is located, such that the hydrofoil has a non-axis symmetrical profile, and such that at least one of the blades in contact with the hydrofoil comprises an aerating canal delivering air to the hydrofoil.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aerating system for the runner of the hydraulic turbine, the runner comprising a plurality of blades, such that inter-blade canals are configured between each pair of blades for the admission of air in the water flow circulating through the hydraulic turbine, wherein the aerating system comprises at least one hydrofoil located in the inter-blade canal of the runner and contacting the pair of blades configuring the inter-blade canal where the hydrofoil is located, such that the hydrofoil has a non-axis symmetrical profile, and such that at least one of the blades in contact with the hydrofoil comprises an aerating canal delivering air to the hydrofoil.

2. The aerating system according to claim 1 wherein the aerating canal is delivering air from a runner crown of the runner to the hydrofoil.

3. The aerating system according to claim 1 wherein the aerating canal is delivering air from a runner band of the runner to the hydrofoil.

4. The aerating system of claim 1 further comprising an electronic device controlling the air flow through the aerating system.

5. The aerating system of claim 1 wherein the hydrofoil comprises two plates and a free passage in between to allow the admission of air.

6. The aerating system of claim 1 wherein the hydrofoil comprises one plate and also comprises a plurality of aerating canals inside to allow the admission of air.

7. The aerating system of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a plurality of hydrofoils, each one having a different hydraulic profile.

8. The aerating system of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a plurality of hydrofoils, all of them having the same hydraulic profile.

9. The aerating system of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a plurality of hydrofoils, all of them located at the same elevation in the inter-blade canals, with respect to the runner.

10. The aerating system of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a plurality of hydrofoils, all of them located at different elevations in the inter-blade canals, with respect to the runner.

11. The aerating system of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a plurality of hydrofoils, all of them located at different elevations with respect to the runner, in one single and the same inter-blade canal.

12. A hydraulic turbine comprising the aerating system of claim 1 .

13. An aerating system comprising:
at least one hydrofoil located in an inter-blade canal of a runner of a hydraulic turbine, the inter-blade canal defined between a pair of blades of the runner and configured for the admission of air in a water flow circulating through the hydraulic turbine, wherein the at least one hydrofoil contacts the pair of blades and has a non-axis symmetrical profile, and wherein at least one of the blades in contact with the at least one hydrofoil comprises an aerating canal configured to deliver air to the hydrofoil.

14. A hydraulic turbine comprising:
a runner having a pair of blades that define an inter-blade canal therebetween for the admission of air in a water flow circulating through the hydraulic turbine; and
at least one hydrofoil located in the inter-blade canal and contacting the pair of blades, the at least one hydrofoil having a non-axis symmetrical profile;
wherein at least one of the blades in contact with the at least one hydrofoil comprises an aerating canal configured to deliver air to the hydrofoil.

Assignees

• Alstom Renewable Technologies
• Ge Renewable Tech

Inventors

• Beaulieu Sebastien
• Sabourin Michel
• Bornard Laurent
• Boutet-Blais Guillaume

Classifications

• F05B2240/24

  for turbines · CPC title

• F03B3/125 Primary

  Rotors for radial flow at high-pressure side and axial flow at low-pressure side, e.g. for Francis-type turbines · CPC title

• F05B2220/64

  for aeration · CPC title

• Y02E10/226

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F05B2220/32

  in water turbines · CPC title