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Pelton turbine - working and

design aspect
August 21, 2013
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Pelton turbine – The basic working

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Fig:1 Pelton wheel derives rotation from impulse

force produced by the water jet

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Fig:2 Water flow rate control in Pelton wheel by

monitoring position of spear head

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Number of buckets in pelton wheel

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Fig:3 Effect of number of buckets on water-bucket

interaction

Pelton bucket – design and

features
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Fig:4 Different views of pelton bucket

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Pelton - An impulse turbine

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Fig:5 Pressure and velocity variation across pelton

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Extracting maximum power from

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2.Bucket speed same as jest

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Fig:6 Relative magnitude of bucket and jet velocity is

important in power extraction from fluid

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Fig:7 This graph shows how power extraction from

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