Bibliographic citations
Rincón, Á., (2023). Estudio en modelo físico sobre vórtices de superficie libre afectados por el perfil de entrada en tomas horizontales sumergidas [Tesis, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/26637
Rincón, Á., Estudio en modelo físico sobre vórtices de superficie libre afectados por el perfil de entrada en tomas horizontales sumergidas [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/26637
@misc{renati/712692,
title = "Estudio en modelo físico sobre vórtices de superficie libre afectados por el perfil de entrada en tomas horizontales sumergidas",
author = "Rincón Rodriguez, Ángel Martín",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería",
year = "2023"
}
An experimental study was carried out to evaluate the influence of the geometry of the inlet profile to a submerged intake on the formation of vortices that entrain air. Two different intake profiles were installed in a rectangular and transparent tank. The first was a sharp-edged doorway, while the second was a bell-shaped doorway. In the design of the experimental model, the recommendations of Anwar (1968), Daggett & Keulegan (1974) and Jain et al (1978) were considered to avoid scale effects. Flow and submergence were varied throughout the tests to obtain a wide range of Froude numbers and relative submergences. The Froude number in the pipeline was defined as the ratio between the mean velocity of the penstock and the root of the product of the acceleration of gravity multiply by the diameter or characteristic dimension of the penstock. Relative submergence was considered as the ratio between submergence (depth measured from the water surface to the top of the penstock) and the internal diameter of the submerged intake. The final results were visualized in dimensionless plots of the Froude number versus relative submergence. In each trial, the vortices were evaluated according to the classification proposed by Sarkardeh et al. (2010). The Type C vortex forms only a slightly perceptible depression in the water surface and does not draw air into the submerged intake. Whenever this type of vortex was observed during testing, or no depression was observed, the flow conditions were considered to be within the safe zone for non-entraining vortices on the relative submergence vs. Froude number plot. It was concluded that the geometry of the entrance to the submerged intake influences the formation of vortices that drag air towards the forced intake. When comparing the results of experiments performed with sharp-edged and flared inlets, higher relative submergences were needed to prevent the formation of entraining vortices when a sharp-edged inlet was installed for the same range of Froude numbers. In addition, the pressure drop caused by the geometry of the penstock inlet profile was measured in order to calculate the local pressure loss coefficient. The determined values of the local pressure loss coefficients, for the sharp edge and flared profile entries, were 0,70 and 0,15, respectively.
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