Performance Characteristics of Pelton Turbine

These procedure steps will be followed on the simulator

Pelton Turbine-Constant Speed

  1. Open the Pelton Turbine- Constant Head experiment and click on the NEXT button shown at the bottom right corner and also description provided.
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  2. Click on the green button to start the pump and select the head from the drop down menu,click NEXT button to proceed.
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  3. Click on the hand to rotate the inlet valve and allow the water to flow, note down the pressure and head, click NEXT button to proceed.
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  4. Click on to add weight on the pan and calculate the Torque, click NEXT button to proceed.
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  5. Click on to note the speed of the motor and click NEXT button to proceed.
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  6. Click on the hook gauge to note the readings, calculate the Actual Discharge and click NEXT button to proceed.
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  7. Click on to answer the question displayed and note down the parameters for calculation.
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  8. Calculate the efficiency,unit power, unit speed, unit discharge with the help of formulas given, click NEXT button to proceed.
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  9. Repeat the above steps for certain number of trials and click on the red button to stop the pump, click NEXT button to proceed.
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  10. Click on each label button to see the different graphs plotted.
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Pelton Turbine-Constant Speed

  1. Open the Pelton Turbine-Constant Speed experiment and click on the NEXT button shown at the bottom right corner and also description provided.
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  2. Click on the green button to start the pump,select the constant speed to be taken from the drop down menu and click NEXT button to proceed.
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  3. Click on the hand to add weight on the pan, calculate the torque and click NEXT button to proceed.
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  4. Click on the hand to set constant speed
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  5. Note down the speed and click NEXT button to proceed.
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  6. Note down the head and calculate the total head,click NEXT button to proceed.
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  7. Click on the hook gauge to note the readings, calculate the Actual Discharge,click NEXT button to proceed.
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  8. Calculate the efficiency with the help of formulas given, click NEXT button to proceed.
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  9. Repeat the above steps for certain number of trials and click on the red button to stop the pump, click NEXT button to proceed.
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  10. Click on each label button to see the different graphs plotted.
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