The optimization of guide vane closing schemes (OGVCS) of pumped storage hydro units (PSHUs) is a cooperative control and optimal operation research field in renewable energy power generation technology. This paper presents an OGVCS model of PSHUs considering the rise rate of the unit rotational speed, the specific node pressure of each hydraulic unit, as well as various complicated hydraulic a...

We establish a generic theoretical tool to construct probabilistic bounds for algorithms where the output is a subset of objects from an initial pool of candidates (or more generally, a probability distribution on said pool). This general device, dubbed “Occam’s hammer”, acts as a meta layer when a probabilistic bound is already known on the objects of the pool taken individually, and aims at c...

Abstract Water hammer shortens hydraulic passage lifespan and may cause sudden failure. The primary goal is to use a hierarchical approach assess the main parameters associated with water hammer. This will help investigate their influence assist in decision making. Analytical calculation results numerical model are compared against experimental data. Our investigations examine overpressure load...

Water washing of cottonseed meal is more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly than protein isolation by means of alkaline extraction and acidic precipitation. Thus, water-washed cottonseed meal (WCSM) is more promising as biobased wood adhesives. In this work, we examined the effects of the particle size on the morphology and adhesive performance of WCSM. Pilot-scale produced and dried W...

Water hammer is a transient phenomenon that occurs when flowing fluid rapidly decelerated, which can be harmful and damaging to piping system. Three-dimensional computational dynamics (CFD) with three-dimensional geometry common tool for studying water hammer, more accurate than numerical simulation one-dimension approximation of the geometry. There are different methods accuracy costs valve cl...

In this paper, the piston rebound common to both the Schmidt Impact Hammer and downhole hammer drills has been analyzed and calculated by means of stress wave theory and the energy conservation law. A quantitative relationship between the amount of rebound of the piston and the impact resistance index, or hardness of the rock, has been established. Those analytical results will not only be of b...

The input admittance at the bridge, measured by hammer testing, is often regarded as the most useful and convenient measurement of the vibrational behavior of a bowed string instrument. However, this method has been questioned, due especially to differences between human bowing and hammer impact. The goal of the research presented here is to investigate the reliability and accuracy of this clas...