The Value of Model Testing in Computer Aided Pump and Turbine Design
This paper discusses the importance of model testing for development and sharpening of interpretive techniques through which computational codes can be effectively used for the design...
Design Data of Pump-Turbine and Francis Turbine Units
Some basic statistical data covering geometrical and energy parameters for Francis turbine and Pump-turbine units are presented. These data are further compared as specific ratios for...
Potential for Upgrading the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant
This paper summarizes the feasibility of increasing the generating capacity of the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant by replacing the turbine runners, upgrading the generators, and replacing...
Development of Three Systems Operated Rev. Pump Turbine
In order to represent the development of reversible, single stage pump turbines in Yugoslavia, the three systems operated pump turbine (3SRPT) of the fourth unit of Moste hydro power plant,...
Independent Turbine Testing and Research
The St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory (SAFHL) is presently upgrading their Turbine Test Facility. Completion of the upgrade, including checkout tests, is scheduled for Fall 1987....
Prototype Experience With Acoustic Flowmeters
The acoustic (ultrasonic) flowmeter offers many advantages over other methods for measuring discharge in penstocks for turbine performance tests. It is nonintrusive, inexpensive and may...
Turbine Efficiency Monitoring Utilizing Ultrasonic Flowrate Measurement
On-line turbine efficiency measurement can be achieved by ultrasonic flowrate measurement and state-of-the-art data acquisition techniques. A field performance test program conducted at...
Field Testing: Producing Complete Test Results on Site, A Realistic Objective
Modern technologies and instruments have had an influence in nearly every field imaginable. At Hydro-Quebec, the last ten years have brought about a complete transformation in the way...
Experimental Investigation of the Cross Flow Turbine
A laboratory model of the Cross Flow Turbine was investigated in the Hydraulics laboratory of Colorado State University. Because of the successful use of this turbine in the developing...
Digital Control of 180MW Francis Turbines: Controller Design, Simulation, and Operational Results
The features of a new hydro-power station are outlined as are some specifications that the customer required of a digital controller. Both hardware and software aspects of this recently...
Accelerated Life Testing of Generator Coils
This paper presents a step-by-step procedure for doing a 400 hour, 60 Hz, 90 degree C accelerated life test on generator coils. Test procedure is as follows: 1. Initial coil examination...
Sewage Plant Engineered for Value
The Camden County (NJ) Municipal Utilities Authority was formed in 1972 to cope with suburban growth that had overloaded 34 primary treatment plants. By the early 1990s, the Authority...
Strengthening and Raising Gibraltar Dam with RCC
The initial phase of a multiphase investigation program was completed by USBR (U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation) personnel to develop geotechnical laboratory testing...
Compaction Characteristics of Roller Compacted Concrete
This paper describes a fundamental study on the compaction characteristics of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) in the fresh state during vibration through a laboratory test and a field...
Comparison of Joint Shear Strengths for Conventional and Roller Compacted Concrete
Direct shear test data for parent material and bonded and unbonded jointed specimens of conventional and RCC (roller compacted concrete) are presented and compared. Results are discussed...
RCC Storage Pads at Tooele Army Depot, Utah
Two 30. 5 m (100 foot) by 91. 4 m (300 foot) ammunition storage pads, each 381 mm (15 inches) thick, were constructed by the Sacramento District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in...
Rennick Yard RCC Pavement Design and Construction
Rennick Yard roller compacted concrete paving project consisting of 136,000 multiplied by (times) yd**2 (113,710 m**2) was completed in June 1986. The design load for this project was...
Geophysical Exploration for Cavity Detection in Karst Terrain
Detection of poor quality rock and voids has been a major research activity of the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) since the mid 1970's. The principal...
Evaluation of Reservoir Seepage in Karst Topography
Areas where seepage is likely to occur in the karst environment of the proposed West County Reservoir, Roanoke County, Virginia have been indentified. Solutioning exists in the form of...
Flow Behavior of Kinked Strip Drains
Due to the often expressed concern over the axial deformation of strip drains and the resulting impact on flow rate, this study has been undertaken. A laboratory experiment has been constructed,...
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