State-of-the Art-Powerhouse, Dam Structure, and Turbine Operation and Vibrations

Zaher Mundher Yaseen, Ameen Mohammed Salih Ameen, Mohammed Suleman Aldlemy, Mumtaz Ali, Haitham Abdulmohsin Afan, Senlin Zhu, Ahmed Mohammed Sami Al-Janabi, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Tiyasha Tiyasha and Hai Tao
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Zaher Mundher Yaseen: Sustainable Developments in Civil Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ameen Mohammed Salih Ameen: Department of water resources engineering, Faculty of civil engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Mohammed Suleman Aldlemy: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Collage of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Benghazi, Libya
Mumtaz Ali: Deakin-SWU Joint Research Centre on Big Data, School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Victoria 3125, Australia
Haitham Abdulmohsin Afan: Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam
Senlin Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing 210029, China
Ahmed Mohammed Sami Al-Janabi: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Nadhir Al-Ansari: Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, 97187 Lulea, Sweden
Tiyasha Tiyasha: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hai Tao: Department of Computer science, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-40

Abstract: Dam and powerhouse operation sustainability is a major concern from the hydraulic engineering perspective. Powerhouse operation is one of the main sources of vibrations in the dam structure and hydropower plant; thus, the evaluation of turbine performance at different water pressures is important for determining the sustainability of the dam body. Draft tube turbines run under high pressure and suffer from connection problems, such as vibrations and pressure fluctuation. Reducing the pressure fluctuation and minimizing the principal stress caused by undesired components of water in the draft tube turbine are ongoing problems that must be resolved. Here, we conducted a comprehensive review of studies performed on dams, powerhouses, and turbine vibration, focusing on the vibration of two turbine units: Kaplan and Francis turbine units. The survey covered several aspects of dam types (e.g., rock and concrete dams), powerhouse analysis, turbine vibrations, and the relationship between dam and hydropower plant sustainability and operation. The current review covers the related research on the fluid mechanism in turbine units of hydropower plants, providing a perspective on better control of vibrations. Thus, the risks and failures can be better managed and reduced, which in turn will reduce hydropower plant operation costs and simultaneously increase the economical sustainability. Several research gaps were found, and the literature was assessed to provide more insightful details on the studies surveyed. Numerous future research directions are recommended.

Keywords: dam sustainability; hydropower plant; Kaplan turbine; Francis turbine; kinetic energy; vibration effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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