Analysis and design optimization of turbines (ADOpT)

涡轮机分析和设计优化 (ADOpT)

• 批准号: 441752-2012
• 负责人: Guibault, François
• 金额: $ 27.74万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=574552
• 关键词: Analysis; design; optimization; turbines; ADOpT

This research project, in partnership with Andritz Hydro Ltd., aims to develop state of the art computational approaches for the Analysis and Design Optimization of hydraulic Turbines (the ADOpT project), through advancements in simulation and optimization methodologies. The proposed work is divided into two major poles, one that focuses on optimal shape design and the other on steady and unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. These two principal research themes are supported by a third, complementary theme, on hybrid mesh generation and adaptation. The project will mobilize a team comprising several graduate students and research professionals, working on projects all directly related to the prediction and improvement of hydraulic turbine behavior over a wide range of operating conditions. Close interaction between researchers, students and engineers from Andritz will allow validating simulations through laboratory experiments, and design methodologies through case studies, carried out jointly by Andritz and Polytechnique. As part of the ADOpT project, design and analysis aspects of the distributor, the runner and the draft-tube, the three major parts of a hydraulic turbine, will be addressed. Specific research themes include the development of design space exploration methods, the inclusion of high-fidelity Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations in a multi-fidelity shape optimization framework, and the validation of unsteady RANS simulations for various off-design operating conditions such as part-load condition, load-rejection and machine start-up. Concrete results expected from this project include the development of advanced numerical methods both for analysis and for design, their inclusion into open-source software such as OpenFOAM for CFD and Nomad for optimization, and their transfer and integration in Andritz' design tools.

该研究项目与Andritz Hydro有限公司合作，旨在通过模拟和优化方法的进步，为水力涡轮机的分析和设计优化（采用项目）开发最先进的计算方法。所提出的工作分为两个主要方面，一个是关注最优形状设计，另一个是关注定常和非定常计算流体动力学（CFD）分析。这两个主要的研究主题得到了第三个互补主题的支持，即混合网格生成和自适应。该项目将动员一个由几名研究生和研究专业人员组成的团队，从事与预测和改进水轮机在各种运行条件下的性能直接相关的项目。安德里茨的研究人员、学生和工程师之间的密切互动将允许通过实验室实验验证模拟，并通过案例研究验证设计方法，由安德里茨和Polytechnique共同开展。