WATER HAMMER AND TRANSIENT ANALYSIS
- Water hammer analysis in hydraulic piping systems of hydro power plants focused on the pressure rise or the pressure drop in a penstock and maximum transient speed increase of the hydraulic unit
- Definition of necessary closing and opening time of hydraulic machines and main valves
- Proposal of optimal water hammer protection such as necessary inertia moment of the hydroelectric unit, bypass valve and/or surge tank, etc
- Determination of water column separation risk in the hydraulic machine penstock and the draft tube, including proposal of measures how to reduce or eliminate this phenomenon
- Stability analysis of regulation in hydraulic piping systems of hydro power plants