Pelton Turbine Test Rig By Mass International

PELTON WHEEL TURBINE TEST RIG
 


 
Pelton Wheel Turbine is only impulse water turbine now in common use named in honour of Sir L.A. Pelton (1829- 1908) of California, USA. It is a tangential flow impulse turbine. The water strikes the buckets along the tangent of the runner. The energy available at the inlet of the turbine is only kinetic energy. The pressure at the inlet and outlet of the turbine is atmospheric. This turbine is used for high heads.
 
The present set-up consists of a runner. The buckets are mounted on the runner. The water is fed to the turbine, through SS nozzle with a SS spear, by means of Centrifugal Pump, tangentially to the runner. Row of water into turbine is regulated by adjusting the spear position by the help of a given hand wheel The runner is directly mounted on one end of a central SS shaft and other end is connected to a brake arrangement. The circular window of the turbine casing is provided with a transparent acrylic sheet for observation of flow on to the buckets. This runner assembly is supported by rigid MS structure. Load is applied to the turbine with the help of this brake dynamometer so that the efficiency of the turbine can be calculated. Pressure gauge is fitted at the inlet of the turbine to measure the total supply head to the turbine.
 

 

EXPERIMENTS:
 

          To study the operation of a Pelton Wheel Turbine
 
          To determine the Output Power of Pelton Wheel Turbine
 
          To determine the Turbine Efficiency
 

 

UTILITIES REQUIRED:
 

          Water Supply and Drain
 
          Electricity 15 kW, 440V AC, Three Phase
 
          Floor Area 1.5 x 0.75 m
 

 

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
 





MODEL
 


HM 09 (5HP)
 


HM 09 (2HP)
 


HM 09 (1 HP)
 




Output Power
 


5 HP
 


2 HP
 


1 HP
 




Discharge
 


960 LPM (Approx.)
 


600 LPM (Approx.)
 


500 LPM (Approx.)
 




Supply Head
 


44 m
 


30 m
 


25 m
 




Rope Brake Dynamometer
 


Dia 300 mm.
 


Dia 200 mm.
 


Dia 200 mm.
 




Sump Tank
 


Capacity 370 Ltrs
 


Capacity 220 Ltrs
 


Capacity 200 Ltrs
 




Water Circulation Centrifugal Pump
 


Capacity 15HP, Three Phase
 


Capacity 7.5 HP, Three Phase
 


Capacity 5HP, Three Phase
 




Speed
 


1000 RPM (Approx.)
 




Impeller
 


Material Brass, Bucket type
 




Nozzle
 


Material Stainless Steel
 




Spear
 


Material Stainless Steel
 




Discharge Measurement
 


Pitot Tube with Manometer
 




Control Panel
 


Starter, Mains Indicator
 




With Digital Techometer
 




Tanks will be made of Stainless Steel
 




The whole set-up is well designed and arranged in a good quality painted structure