MCS CERTIFICATION AND DATA ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES

10KW DUAL REGULATED KAPLAN TURBINE

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• MCS Certification1

• Challenge of Obtaining Data2

• All Exciting, RESULTS! (And the Road to Getting Them)3

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

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MCS CERTIFICATION

• What was the Purpose?

• What Will I Show You?

Introduction1. MCS Certification2. Obtaining the Data3. The Results

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OBTAINING THE DATA

Introduction1. MCS Certification2. Obtaining the Data3. The Results

• What was the Purpose?

• What Will I Show You?

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THE RESULTS

• What was the Purpose?

• What Will I Show You?

Introduction1. MCS Certification2. Obtaining the Data3. The Results

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MCS CERTIFICATION

Current Situation?

Why Bother?

How Does One Obtain Certification?

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OBTAINING DATAWhat data did we need?

• Electrical power output• Upstream River Level• Turbine Tank Level• Downstream River Level• Water Velocity…(to be continued!)– And actuator positions……Identifies steady state

conditions

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POWER READINGS RIVER LEVELS

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OBTAINING FLOW DATA

• PITOT-STATIC TUBE

• Insertion Flow Meter Required

(Bright Hub Engineering, 2010) (Setra Solutions, 2014)

=0.235 psi = 2.9e-3 psi

£900!+/- 0.25ms-1

(Voelkner, 2014)

Other options considered, but there just isn’t time!

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OBTAINING FLOW DATA

WHAT WE ACTUALLY USED!

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OBTAINING RUN-AWAY DATA

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PROBLEMS

• Flow Regime

• Calibration

• Second Run

• Reliability of flow meter?

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CALCULATIONSɳ=

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𝑃𝑇𝐻

h𝑃𝑡 =𝑔 ·𝐻𝑛𝑒𝑡 ·𝑄𝑎

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CALCULATIONSSOURCES OF HEAD LOSS

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The Fish Screen

Inlets (Sudden Contraction)

Frictional Losses

Outlet (Sudden Expansion)

Gradual Expansions

1. At The 90ᵒ Bend

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Time Spent

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Get Familiar

Achieve Mastery

Working Toward Mastery

Get Experience

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Doing Your Best Work

• Working from home• Working offsite• Technology

requirements

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QUESTIONS?