Performance Characteristics of Pelton Turbine
These procedure steps will be followed on the simulator
Pelton Turbine-Constant Speed
Open the Pelton Turbine- Constant Head experiment and click on the NEXT button shown at the bottom right corner and also description provided.
Click on the green button to start the pump and select the head from the drop down menu,click NEXT button to proceed.
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.
Click on to add weight on the pan and calculate the Torque, click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on to note the speed of the motor and click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on the hook gauge to note the readings, calculate the Actual Discharge and click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on to answer the question displayed and note down the parameters for calculation.
Calculate the efficiency,unit power, unit speed, unit discharge with the help of formulas given, click NEXT button to proceed.
Repeat the above steps for certain number of trials and click on the red button to stop the pump, click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on each label button to see the different graphs plotted.
Pelton Turbine-Constant Speed
Open the Pelton Turbine-Constant Speed experiment and click on the NEXT button shown at the bottom right corner and also description provided.
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.
Click on the hand to add weight on the pan, calculate the torque and click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on the hand to set constant speed
Note down the speed and click NEXT button to proceed.
Note down the head and calculate the total head,click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on the hook gauge to note the readings, calculate the Actual Discharge,click NEXT button to proceed.
Calculate the efficiency with the help of formulas given, click NEXT button to proceed.
Repeat the above steps for certain number of trials and click on the red button to stop the pump, click NEXT button to proceed.
Click on each label button to see the different graphs plotted.