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Investigation of stead, and unstead, flow in pipelines for mine hydro power systems

M.Ing. / This thesis considers in detail the applicability to hydro power systems of the theories of steady and unsteady flow in pipelines. In doing so.it highlights some of the shortcomings of these theories. An attempt is made by way of experimentation on a high pressure pipeline, to model some of the conditions which could occur in a full size future hydro power system. These experiments provide some quantitative data about the performance of some typical hydro power components such as pipes, orifices and valves, under steady and unsteady conditions. A computer program is included which was used to provide theoretical data to compare with the experimental results. The program was found to be limited in its capacity to provide accurate simulation of the experimental pipeline, but this was thought to be due to the pipeline not correctly modelling a hydro power system. Conclusions presented in this thesis will be of assistance to designers of future hydro power systems and to researchers continuing this work.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:8031
Date04 February 2014
CreatorsTrew, William James
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsUniversity of Johannesburg

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