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Pelton Turbine: ME 337 Fluid Mechanics Lab
Pelton Turbine: ME 337 Fluid Mechanics Lab
Turbine
ME‐337 Fluid Mechanics Lab
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of E&ME, NUST Pakistan
Pelton Turbine
Objective:
Casing:
• The function of the casing is to prevent the splashing of the water and to
discharge water to tail race. It also acts as safeguard against accidents. As
pelton wheel is an impulse turbine, the casing of the pelton wheel does not
perform any hydraulic function.
Pelton Turbine
Pelton wheel turbine:
Operating Principle:
• The water from the reservoir flows through the penstocks at the outlet of
which a nozzle is fitted. The nozzle increases the kinetic energy of the
water flowing through the penstock by converting pressure energy into
kinetic energy.
• At the outlet of the nozzle, the water comes out in the form of jet and
strikes on the splitter, which splits up the jet into two parts. These parts of
the jet glides over the inner surfaces and comes out at the outer edge.
• The buckets are shaped in such a way that buckets rotates, runner of turbine
rotates, and thus hydraulic energy of water is converted into mechanical
energy on the runner of turbine which is further converted into electrical
energy in a generator/alternator.
Pelton Turbine
Pelton wheel turbine:
Power Calculation:
1. Connect the apparatus with the hydraulic bench.
2. Switch on the hydraulic bench pump.
3. Open the valve slowly so that water begins to flow through the turbine.
4. Adjust the flow rate in turbine by nozzle adjuster screw.
5. Load the turbine by turning the adjustment braking device.
6. Note down the speed of turbine in rpm with the help of tachometer. Note down the
braking power F and compute the torque.
Pelton Turbine
1. Compute the turbine power from the experimental data.
2. Plot a graph between the 1. turbine power and rotational speed, 2.
turbine torque against rotational speed.
3. What are your results and conclusions from the experiment? What can
you say about the turbine power and torque?
4. What will be the power and torque values if vane profiles are changed
to flat plate?