Francis-type hydraulic machine
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorBjörn Hübner
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AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorBjörn Hübner
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A hydraulic machine of the Francis-type includes: an impeller with blades; a guide vane assembly with a ring of guide vanes, a vane-free space extending between the impeller and the guide vane assembly; and at least three resonators for suppressing pressure fluctuations, the resonators respectively including a chamber and a tube connector, the tube connector being connected to the chamber, the tube connector including an end that faces away from the chamber and that opens into the vane-free space, the resonators being configured for suppressing the pressure fluctuations occurring during the operation of the hydraulic machine, the resonators being arranged at a uniform distance from each other in a circumferential direction around the impeller, and the resonators being adjusted to a resonant frequency which is one and the same relative to one another.
A hydraulic machine of the Francis-type, the hydraulic machine comprising:
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