Author(s): F Bunea; S Houde; G D Ciocan; G Oprina; G Baran; I Pincovschi

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Keywords: Aeration; Environmental friendly turbines; Dissolved oxygen; Fine bubble systems

Abstract: The hydro renewable energy provides a reliable power source; it does not pollute the air or land but affects the aquatic habitat due to low dissolved oxygen (DO) level in the water discharged from turbines. Hydro-turbines intake generally withdraws water from the bottom layer of the reservoirs with low DO level. In the different methods used for improving DO downstream the hydropower plants the volume of air is considered to be the main parameter of the injection. The energetic consumption is affected, in terms of loss of turbine efficiency due to air injection. The authors propose a study to show the importance of the quality of air injection, meaning bubble size, pressure loss on the aeration device etc. Different types of fine bubble aeration systems have been tested and compared. The capacity to predict the aeration by numerical simulation is analysed.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/12/1/012035

Year: 2010