Design of a Concrete Demolition Actuator for Hydro-turbine Runner Chamber based on Water Jet
In the renovation and repair work of the hydro-turbine runner chamber in hydropower stations,there are vari-ous problems in the demolition of the concrete such as high work intensity,low construction efficiency,and significant environmental impacts.Thus,a concrete demolition actuator is designed for super-large hydro-turbine runner chambers based on water jet technique.Practical engineering application shows that the high-pressure water jet actuator can effi-ciently dismantle the concrete structures in super-large hydro-turbine runner chambers using water jets with a pressure greater than 130 MPa and a flow rate greater than 60 L/min.Its efficiency is 2.7 times of the traditional manual machin-ery operation.It realizes a semi-automatic construction and is of various advantages such as high repair quality,safe and environmentally friendly.It has good application prospects in the renovation of similar structural projects.
hydro-turbine runner chamberhigh-pressure water jet actuatorhigh-pressure water jetconcrete demoli-tionlarge curved surface