Fig. 10.4.7. Sectional drawing of pump-turbine Ronkhausen, Federal Republic of Germany (owner
ElektrizitLtswerke Mark). Left half
(I):
built by Escher Wyss by thcn (1966) an independent firm;
right half
(11)
built by Sulzer Brothers;
H
=
277,l to 253,6
m;
11
=
500 rpm; submergence 16 m;
internal diameter of spherical valve:
l,S
rn;
rotor vane number: 7; distributor (diffuser) vane number:
16.
In the following the data of
I
left without, and of
I1
right within brackets. Turbine mode:
74,8(79) to 63,8(70,8) MW; pump mode: 59.1 (58,s) to 66.2(62,4)
MW;
static runaway speed
n,,
=
690(687) rpm; dynamic runaway speed
rr,,,
=
780(790) rpm. Air injection rate during turbine
mode: at
1
undcr 0 to 30
M
W,
1000 m3/h through the water guide plate upstrearr. of the rotor; under
65
to 74
MW;
520 m3/h through the water guide plate upstrcam of the rotor, and through the-draft
rube
wall: at
I1
under 0 to 50
MW;
150 m3ih through the draft tube wall. Rotor tip diameter
2,76(2,8)
m.
Starting up pumping: rotor dewatered by pressurized air, after synchronization gates
opened by a few millimeters until a water ring is formed, then release of the air through a vent valve.
(Drawing courtesy
Sulzer Escher Wyss.)
The 1st term ofequation (10.4-
1)
having
m
=
2,2 to 2,4 indicates the costs of manufacture composed
of processing costs (proportional
D~)
and material costs (proportional
D~).
The 2nd term combines
the building and excavation costs for
a
large semi-axial machine having an extensive head and
negative suction head. For
cxample, on the pump-turbines newly installed at the Austrian Kuhtai
facility, which registers a head of 1460
ft
(450 m), the suction head is at
-
144 ft (-48 m). This being
the case it was essential to locate the power station in a pit having a depth about 330
ft
(I00 m).
The 3rd term is used to indicate disc friction losses occurring on the outer surfaces of the shrouds
of the impeller. These losses necessitate an increase in power consumption so that additional costs
are incurred throughout thc entire service life of the machine which, given thc average yearly number
of
running hours alor?g with the average power costs per kwh, are capable of being computed.
The 4th term reprcscnts diffuser losses which, like the disc friction losses (3rd term), tend to force up
the costs of energy as a function of decreasing diameter
D.
The final term describes losses that are
"1
directly associated with the impeller external diameter
D,
as for instance leakage losses.