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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1979
Sachio Tsunoda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaharu Nonaka, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In a method of controlling guide vanes of a multistage hydraulic machine including a plurality of stages interconnected by return passages of the type wherein under an abnormal condition which occurs when the operation of a water wheel or a pump is stopped or when the load of the water wheel is interrupted or the input of the pump is interrupted due to a fault of the machine, the guide vanes are closed such that the degree of opening of the guide vanes of a higher pressure stage is maintained to be always equal to or smaller than the degree of opening of the guide vanes of a lower pressure stage, the guide vanes of the lower pressure stage are not completely closed and maintains a predetermined small degree of opening when the guide vanes of the higher pressure stage are completely closed.