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By:
Chandra Shekhar Pokhariya
Rasmi Kumari
Ashish Pchai
Digendra Singh Samant
Hitesh Singh Samant
CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
BASIC DESIGN OF FRANCIS TURBINE
COMPONENTS
INTRODUCTION
Small hydropower is one of the main renewable
TURBINE DESIGN
OPTIMIZATION LOOP
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
(POWER, HEAD, DISCHARGE,
EFFICIENCY)
MECHANICAL DESIGN
DESIGN VALIDATION BY MODEL
TEST
PROTOTYPE DESIGN
RUNNER
GUIDE VANE
SPIRAL CASING
DRAFT TUBE
RUNNER
Runner is most important component of Francis turbine.
GUIDE VANE
Function of guide vane is to convert partial
SPIRAL CASING
Function of spiral casing is to equally
DRAFT TUBE
Function of draft tube is to convert unused kinetic
MESHING
PROBLEM
DEFINITION
RESULT AND
DISCUSSION
GEOMETRIC MODELING
Based on 2D initial basic design
FRANCIS TURBINE
COMPONENTS
MESHING
Numerical discretization or meshing is
MESHING OF TURBINE
COMPONENTS
Prism
Layer
ELEMENT GENERATED IN
EACH COMPONENT
Sr. No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
COMPONEN
TS
SPIRAL
CASING
GUIDE VANE
RUNNER
DRAFT TUBE
NO. OF
NODES
517268
675170
1505730
517268
PROBLEM DEFINITION
Considering flow inside the various
PROBLEM DEFINITION OF
FRANCIS TURBINE COMPONENTS
E
f
ci
en
cy
1
0.98
0.96
0.94
0.92
0.9
0.88
0
0.5
1.5
Operating Load
(%)
HEAD LOSS OF
COMPONENTS
50
100
150
Operating Load (%)
25%
55%
90%
100%
CAVITATION ZONE
CONCLUSION
Francis turbine design is accomplished
REFERENCES
Nechleba, Miroslav, : "Hydraulic Turbine
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