Published: 15 November 2018

Stability of multi-hydro-turbine governing time-delay systems with sharing tailrace surge tank

Junying Han1
Diyi Chen2
Hao Zhang3
1, 2, 3Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
1, 2, 3Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, Yangling, 712100, P. R. China
2Australasian Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling, School of Built Environment, Curtin University, WA, 6102, Australia
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Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the stability of the hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank. Considering the interaction between hydro-turbines and time-delay of hydraulic servo system, a nolinear dynamic model of multi-hydro-turbine governing time-delay systems with sharing tailrace surge tank is first established. The model can predict the transient characteristic of the hydro-turbine governing system, promoting the development of transient analysis, and safe operation of the governing system. Then, bifurcation characteristics of the system with different governor parameters and time-delays are studied. Moreover, the effect of time-delay on the stability intervals of governor parameters are investigated and its optimal value with different time-delays are obtained. All of the above analytical results can provide theoretical guidance for the actual operation of a hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank.

1. Introduction

Hydropower is a low cost, near zero pollutant emissions renewable energy source, and can respond to peak loads quickly [1-3]. With the rapid development of hydropower [4-7], the underground powerhouse of hydropower plant is widely used. In view of the overall design, excavation engineering and other reasons, it usually adopts the structure of multi-hydroelectric generating units with sharing tailrace surge tank [8, 9]. Due to this arrangement, hydro-turbines are related to each other, which has a great impact on the hydro-turbine governing system and may cause the abnormal vibration of the units [10]. Moreover, the governing system is directly controlled by the hydro-turbine governor to realize different transient processes [11-13]. In the actual operation, the displacement response of the servomotor piston has a lag in time and the dead zone of the main control valve causes the servomotor to remain stationary [14]. These affect the bifurcation characteristics and the stability of the hydro-turbine governing system. Considering the above factors, it’s necessary to study the stability of multi-hydro-turbine governing systems considering time-delay.

Fortunately, there are some contributions about the stability and time-delay effect of the hydro-turbine governing system [15-20]. For example, Zeng [15] integrated the generator equations and shafting lateral vibration into the generalized Hamiltonian system. Then the generalized Hamiltonian control model is proposed for hydro-turbine generating sets in the shafting transient state. Guo [16] established a hydro-turbine governing system with sloping ceiling tailrace tunnel, and the stability of the system considering different factors are analyzed based on stable domain. Nagode [17] assessed the relationship between random gate position and the hydro-turbine deviated power on random water disturbance and load variation, the deviated power can tracks deviated power target signal accurately. Xu and Wang [21, 22] discussed the influence of fractional-order and time-delay on the hydro-turbine governing system with single unit, and their changing law was respectively identified. However, the influence of time-delay on the hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank has not been discussed, considering the complexity of the above hydropower plant during the regulation process. It is necessary to study the effect of time-delay on the stability of the multi-hydro-turbine governing systems with sharing tailrace surge tank.

Motivated by the above discussions, considering the continuous oscillation process that may occur during the operation of a multi-hydroelectric generating unit with sharing tailrace surge tank, and the displacement response of servo piston in hydraulic servo system has a lag in time, we first introduce the time-delay to the multi-hydro-turbine governing systems with sharing tailrace surge tank. Second, the stable domain of the system without time-delay is presented. Third, the bifurcation characteristics of the system with different governor parameters and time-delays are analyzed. Finally, the stability intervals and optimal value of governor parameters with different time-delays are exhaustively investigated.

2. Multi-hydro-turbine governing time-delay systems with sharing surge tank

To illustrate the interaction between hydro-turbines in the hydropower plant, a general layout of a hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank is shown in Fig. 1. From Fig. 1, each hydroelectric generating unit has independent water pipe and upstream surge tank. After the water flow through the rotating parts, it converges inside the tailrace surge tank. When it is in a steady state, the flow in the pipe is relatively stable, and each hydroelectric generating unit is in a transient relative equilibrium state.

Fig. 1The general layout of a hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank

The general layout of a hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank

In the operation of a hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank, the small disturbance of the system can be counteracted by the dead zone. However, if one of the units is subjected to a large dynamic adjustment, the flow of this unit will change accordingly. Subsequently, due to the inertial action of the fluid, the flow and pressure at the tailrace surge tank will also change. Other units will make the discharge changes in response to these changes, and thus have an impact on the unit, forming a process of repeated regulation eventually [23]. Therefore, the dynamic process of continuous oscillation is common for hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank.

The structure diagram of the hydro-turbine governing system is shown in Fig. 2 [24] and its fundamental equations are listed in Section 2.1 to Section 2.4. In Section 2.5, the nonlinear dynamic model of multi-hydro-turbine governing time-delay systems with sharing tailrace surge tank is established.

Fig. 2The structure diagram of Francis hydro-turbine governing system

The structure diagram of Francis hydro-turbine governing system

2.1. Pipe network

For the hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank, suppose there are altogether n units of hydro-turbine. In this paper, the momentum equation of the ith diversion tunnel can be described as [10]:

1
z1i-2q1ih10iH0=Tw1idq1idt,z2-2q2h20H0=Tw2dq2dt.

The continuity equation of the ith surge tank:

2
q1i=qti-TF1idz1idt,q2=i=1nqti-TF2dz2dt.

The momentum equation of the ith penstock:

3
hi=-z1i-z2-Twtidqtidt-2qtiht0iH0.

2.2. Hydro-turbine

The dynamic model of the ith hydro-turbine can be described as [19]:

4
mti=emhihi+emxixi+emyiyi,qti=eqhihi+eqxixi+eqyiyi,

where mti, qti, hi, xi and yi, the operation parameters of the ith hydro-turbine, denote the relative deviations of the hydro-turbine torque, the hydro-turbine flow, the hydro-turbine head, the rotate speed and the guide vane opening, respectively. emhi=mti/hi, emxi=mti/xi and emyi=mti/yi are the partial derivatives of the hydro-turbine torque with respect to the hydro-turbine head, the hydro-turbine speed and the guide vane opening. Similarly, eqhi=qti/hi, eqxi=qti/xi and eqyi=qti/yi denote the partial derivatives of the hydro-turbine flow with regard to the hydro-turbine head, the hydro-turbine speed and the guide vane opening, respectively.

2.3. Generator system

The first-order generator model is introduced for the sake of simplicity, and its mathematical equation is presented as [25]:

5
Tabidxidt+enixi=mti-mg0i,

where Tabi=Tai+Tbi, Tai and Tbi denote the inertia time constant of generator and load, respectively. eni is the synthetic self-regulation coefficient, mg0i is the load disturbance of the ith hydro-turbine.

2.4. Hydraulic servo system with time-delay

The servomotor is used to amplify the control signal and supply power for operating the guide vane. The mathematical model of hydraulic servo system can be written as [26]:

6
y˙i=1Tyiui-yi,

where Tyi is the major relay connecter response time of hydraulic servo system. ui is the output signal of the hydraulic servo model, and its equation can be written as:

7
ui=kpiri-xi+kiiri-xidt+kdiri-x˙i,

where ri is the frequency disturbance. x6i is the intermediate variable, x˙6i=ri-xi.

In actual operation of hydropower station, considering the fact that the hydraulic servo system exists time lag, a discrete time-delay is introduced to the mathematical model of the hydraulic servo system and it can be expressed as [21]:

8
y˙i=1Tyiui-yi0, t0,τ,1Tyiui-yit-τ, tτ,+.

2.5. System mathematical model

From Eqs. (1)-(8), the nonlinear dynamic model of multi-hydro-turbine governing time-delay systems with sharing tailrace surge tank is:

q˙1i=1Tw1iz1i-2h10iH0q1i,z˙1i=1TF1iqti-q1i,q˙ti=1Twti-z1i-z2-2ht0iH0+1eqhiqti+eqxieqhixi+eqyieqhiyi0,x˙i=1Tabiemhieqhiqti+emxi-emhieqxieqhi-enixi+emyi-emhieqyieqhiyi0-mg0i, 0tτi,y˙i=1Tyikpiri-xi+kiix6i+kdiri-x˙i-yi0,x˙6i=ri-xi,q˙2=1Tw2z2-2h20H0q2,z˙2=1TF2i=1nqti-q2,

and:

9
q˙1i=1Tw1iz1i-2h10iH0q1i,z˙1i=1TF1iqti-q1i,q˙ti=1Twti-z1i-z2-2ht0iH0+1eqhiqti+eqxieqhixi+eqyieqhiyit-τi,x˙i=1Tabiemhieqhiqti+emxi-emhieqxieqhi-enixi+emyi-emhieqyieqhiyit-τi-mg0i, t>τi,y˙i=1Tyikpiri-xi+kiix6i+kdiri-x˙i-yit-τi,x˙6i=ri-xi,q˙2=1Tw2z2-2h20H0q2,z˙2=1TF2i=1nqti-q2.

3. Stability analysis

Taking a hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank as an example [27], the stability of the system are researched in the subsequent. The hydropower plant has two hydroelectric generating units of the same type (n= 2), and the corresponding parameters of pipeline and upstream surge tank are also same. In the following, we assume that unit 1 is the object of the study. Specifically, the basic data of the hydropower plant are listed in Table. 1. The fixed step of numerical experiments is 0.01 and the iteration step is 15000. Moreover, the initial value of the model are all considered as 0.001.

Table 1System parameters of the hydro-turbine governing system

Parameters
Values
Units
Parameters
Values
Units
H0
419
m
emyi
1
p.u.
Q0i
81.56
m3/s
eqhi
0.5
p.u.
Tabi
9.864
s
eqxi
0
p.u.
Tw1i
1.718
s
eqyi
1
p.u.
Tw2
2.308
s
mg01
0.05
p.u.
Twti
2.586
s
mg02
0.05
p.u.
eni
0
p.u.
kp1
2
p.u.
h10i
2.329
m
kp2
2
p.u.
ht0i
6.236
m
ki1
0.5
s-1
h20
6.732
m
ki2
0.5
s-1
emhi
1.5
p.u.
kd2
2
s
emxi
–1
p.u.

3.1. The stable domain of the system without considering time-delay

When the time-delay of hydraulic servo system is not considered, The Jacobian matrix of the hydro-turbine governing system can be obtained as:

10
J=q˙11q11q˙11q12q˙11q2q˙11z2q˙12q11q˙12q12q˙12q2q˙12z2q˙2q11q˙2q12q˙2q2q˙2z2z˙2q11z˙2q12z˙2q2z˙2z2.

Then, the characteristic equation is:

11
χ14+9.77-1.01kd1χ13+30.7-1.01kp1-3.56kd1χ12 +38.4-1.01ki1-3.56kp1-1.92kd1χ11 +21.56+0.52kd1-3.56ki1-1.92kp1χ10 +5.95+6.80×10-2kd1-1.92ki1+5.17×10-1kp1χ9 +1.28+7.41×10-2kd1+5.17×10-1ki1+6.80×10-2kp1χ8 +1.12×10-1+1.85×10-3kd1+6.80×10-2ki1+7.41×10-2kp1χ7 +3.38×10-3+8.10×10-5kd1+7.41×10-2ki1+1.85×10-3kp1χ6 +1.09×10-4+1.21×10-6kd1+1.84×10-3ki1+8.10×10-5kp1χ5 +1.76×10-6+2.42×10-8kd1+8.10×10-5ki1+1.21×10-6kp1χ4 +3.00×10-8+1.87×10-10kd1+1.21×10-6ki1+2.42×10-8kp1χ3 +2.42×10-10+1.76×10-12kd1+2.42×10-8ki1+1.87×10-10kp1χ2 +2.42×10-10+1.87×10-10ki1+1.76×10-12kp1χ+1.76×10-12ki1=0.

From Ref. [22], the system can remain stable if argχiπ/2. Moreover, in the operation of hydropower plant, the differential adjustment coefficient kd1 generally ranges from 0 to 5 [28]. In view of these, ki1 is selected as the bifurcation parameter, then the Jacobi matrix of the system with different kd1 (kd1= 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) values are solved. The curves of bifurcation points and the stable domain of kp1 and ki1 are shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3The stable domain of kp1 and ki1 with different kd1 values

The stable domain of kp1 and ki1 with different kd1 values

From Fig. 3, the PID parameter plane is divided into two parts by the curves of bifurcation points, i.e. stable domain and unstable domain. Specifically, the PID parameters of kp1 and ki1 can be combined freely in the stable domain. Moreover, kp1 and ki1 do not exhibit simple linear variation rules on the bifurcation line. For the area of stable domain, the larger the kd1 value, the greater the stable domain of the system. However, when kd1= 5, the stable domain is not significantly increased.

3.2. Bifurcation characteristics of the system with different time-delay

In order to study the influence of time-delay on bifurcation characteristics of the system, the following study is carried out with referring to the results of Fig. 3. The hydraulic servo system of the two units has the same time-delay τ and the range is 0-0.4 s, then the bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed x with different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ are shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 4Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with  different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

a)kd1= 0

Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with  different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

b)kd1= 1

Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with  different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

c)kd1= 2

Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with  different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

d)kd1= 3

Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with  different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

e)kd1= 4

Bifurcation diagrams of the hydro-turbine speed xwith with  different kp1, kd1 and time-delay τ values

f)kd1= 5

From Fig. 4, the bifurcation characteristics of the system can be clearly observed. Fig. 4(a) shows, when kd1= 0 and τ ≤ 0.3 s, the stability interval of the kp1 decreases with the increase of time-delay τ. Specifically, when the value of kp1 is small (for example kp1< 1.2), the hydro-turbine speed x will continue to shock and cannot reach the steady state. For the larger value of kp1 (for example 1.2 < kp1 < 3.3), the hydro-turbine speed x can always be stabilized at the rated speed, and the system meets the requirements of stable operation. Subsequently, there will be severe oscillation in the hydro-turbine speed x as the value of kp1 is larger than its bifurcation point, which is extremely adverse for the hydropower plant and power grids. Therefore, the above unfavorable circumstance should be avoided in the actual operation of hydropower plants. It is worth noting that when time-delay τ > 0.3 s, no matter how to adjust the value of kp1, the system cannot meet the requirements of stable operation.

When the values of kd1 vary from 1 to 5, the bifurcation diagrams of the system at different time-delay τ are shown in Fig. 4(b)-(f). It is not difficult to find that with the increase of time-delay τ, the bifurcation characteristics of the system are similar to that of kd1= 0. From Fig. 4(e) and Fig. 4(f), when τ > 0.25 s, time-delay τ has a significant effect on the reduction of the stability interval of kp1. Moreover, the hydro-turbine speed x is in a state of intense fluctuations and cannot reach the rated speed when kd1= 5 and τ > 0.25 s. It is worth noting that time-delay τ has little effect on the kp1 stability interval at kd1= 2 and 3.

In order to clearly and intuitively explain the variation of the stability interval in Fig. 5, and further analyze the bifurcation characteristics of the system, the bifurcation points of the system are listed in Table 2.

Fig. 5Change law of stability interval of kp1 with different kd1 and time-delay τ values

Change law of stability interval of kp1 with different kd1 and time-delay τ values

From Fig. 5, we can easily get that no matter what the value of kd1 is, the stability interval decreases with the increase of τ. Moreover, the stability interval increases with the increase of kd1 when kd1= 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. It is worthwhile to note that when kd1= 4 and τ > 0.3 s, the stability interval is greatly affected by τ. Furthermore, there is no stability interval when kd1= 0. For kd1= 5, the stability interval decreases rapidly with the increase of τ. When τ is greater than 0.15, there is no stability interval of kp1, and the system cannot maintain stable operation.

From the above analysis, when kd1= 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and the time-delay τ of hydraulic servo system is small (for example τ < 0.3 s), the larger value of kd1 is beneficial to stable operation. When τ is greater than 0.3 s, kd1 takes 2 or 3 is more conducive to stable operation, while kd1= 5 is not conducive to the actual operation. Hence, selecting appropriate PID parameters based on the value of τ is critical and the above analyses can provide some theoretical guidance for the actual operation.

Table 2The bifurcation points of the system with different τ

kd1
Time-delay
Bifurcation points
kd1
Time-delay
Bifurcation points
0 s
τ= 0 s
(1.174, 3.302)
3 s
τ=0 s
(0.550, 4.679)
τ= 0.05 s
(1.175, 3.292)
τ=0.05 s
(0.550, 4.654)
τ= 0.10 s
(1.176, 3.282)
τ=0.10 s
(0.551, 4.628)
τ= 0.15 s
(1.177, 3.272)
τ=0.15 s
(0.551, 4.602)
τ=0.20 s
(1.178, 3.262)
τ=0.20 s
(0.551, 4.577)
τ=0.25 s
(1.179, 3.252)
τ=0.25 s
(0.552, 4.552)
τ=0.30 s
(1.180, 3.243)
τ=0.30 s
(0.552, 4.528)
τ=0.35 s
/
τ=0.35 s
(0.552, 4.504)
τ=0.40 s
/
τ=0.40 s
(0.553, 4.480)
1 s
τ=0 s
(0.890, 3.885)
4 s
τ=0 s
(0.438, 4.825)
τ=0.05 s
(0.891, 3.872)
τ=0.05 s
(0.438, 4.773)
τ=0.10 s
(0.891, 3.860)
τ=0.10 s
(0.438, 4.722)
τ=0.15 s
(0.892, 3.848)
τ=0.15 s
(0.438, 4.668)
τ=0.20 s
(0.892, 3.836)
τ=0.20 s
(0.438, 4.613)
τ=0.25 s
(0.893, 3.824)
τ=0.25 s
(0.438, 4.555)
τ=0.30 s
(0.893, 3.812)
τ=0.30 s
(0.438, 4.493)
τ=0.35 s
(0.894, 3.801)
τ=0.35 s
(1.097, 4.425)
τ=0.40 s
(1.460, 3.790)
τ=0.40 s
(1.863, 4.349)
2 s
τ=0 s
(0.698, 4.340)
5 s
τ=0 s
(0.340, 4.375)
τ=0.05 s
(0.699, 4.323)
τ=0.05 s
(0.340, 4.135)
τ=0.10 s
(0.699, 4.305)
τ=0.10 s
(0.340, 3.814)
τ=0.15 s
(0.700, 4.289)
τ=0.15 s
(1.100, 3.100)
τ=0.20 s
(0.700, 4.272)
τ=0.20 s
/
τ=0.25 s
(0.701, 4.257)
τ=0.25 s
/
τ=0.30 s
(0.701, 4.241)
τ=0.30 s
/
τ=0.35 s
(0.701, 4.226)
τ=0.35 s
/
τ=0.40 s
(0.701, 4.211)
τ=0.40 s
/

4. Conclusions

In this paper, considering the hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank and time-delay of hydraulic servo system, a nolinear dynamic model of multi-hydro-turbine governing time-delay systems with sharing tailrace surge tank is established and its stability is analyzed. First, the stable domain of the hydro-turbine governing system is presented. Moreover, the bifurcation characteristics of the system are investigated with considering different τ and kd1. When kd1 is constant, the stability interval of kp1 decreases with the increase of τ. When τ < 0.3 s and kd1= 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, the larger value of kd1 is beneficial to the stable operation. However, when τ > 0.3 s, kd1 takes 2 or 3 is more conducive to the stable operation. Therefore, in order to reduce the vibration of the unit in actual operations, we select the appropriate governor parameters for different time-delays.

In this paper, we assumed that the two units go through the same load disturbance during operation. For the hydropower plant with sharing tailrace surge tank, units may be influenced by stochastic disturbances with different attributes at the same time. Moreover, units may have different operating conditions, for example, one unit in the load rejection transient, another one in the sudden load increase transient. Hence, the stochastic transient stability of coupling multi-hydro-turbine will be studied in our future work.

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About this article

Received
20 October 2017
Accepted
09 May 2018
Published
15 November 2018
SUBJECTS
Chaos, nonlinear dynamics and applications
Keywords
bifurcation characteristic
hydro-turbine governing system
stability
tailrace surge tank
time-delay
Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the scientific research foundation of National Natural Science Foundation – Outstanding Youth Foundation (51622906); National Science Foundation (51479173); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (201304030577); Scientific research funds of Northwest A&F University (2013BSJJ095); the scientific research foundation on water engineering of Shaanxi Province (2013slkj-12); the Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars from Northwest A&F University (Z109021515); and Shaanxi Nova program (2016KJXX-55).