packageWaterway
Different components of the hydropower system
Extends from OpenHPL.Icons.Water (Hydro icon).
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Waterway Models
A typical structure of the waterway of the hydropower system includes reservoirs, conduits (intake race, penstock, tailrace), surge tanks, and various fittings. This section describes the models for these waterway components.
Figure: Typical hydropower system structure.
Contents
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
 Internal | Package for internal models not suitable for direct use. |
 BendPipe | Bend in pipes |
 DraftTube | Model of a draft tube for reaction turbines |
 Fitting | Different pipes fitting |
 Gate | Model of a sluice or tainter gate based on [Bollrich2019] |
 Gate_HR | Model of a tainter gate (HEC-RAS) |
 OpenChannel | Open channel model with optional spatial discretization |
| PenstockKP | Detailed model of the pipe. Could have elastic walls and compressible water. KP scheme |
| Pipe | Model of a pipe |
 Reservoir | Model of the reservoir |
 RunOff | Run off model. (with 10 height zones) |
 SurgeTank | Model of the surge tank/shaft |
 Valve | Simple hydraulic valve |
 VolumeFlowSource | Volume flow source (either fixed or variable) |
 Penstock | Model of the penstock with elastic walls and compressible water. Simple Staggered grid scheme |
 ReservoirChannel | Reservoir model based on open channel model |