Development of hydro impulse turbines and new opportunities

A Židonis, DS Benzon, GA Aggidis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydro impulse turbines are often referred to as a mature technology having been invented
around 100 years ago with many of the old design guidelines producing machines of a high …

Sediment erosion on pelton turbines: a review

X Ge, J Sun, D Chu, J Liu, Y Zhou, H Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The Pelton turbine has been widely used to develop high-head water resources with
sediments because of its advantages in life cycle costs. When a flood or monsoon season …

冲击式水轮机技术进展与发展趋势

罗兴锜, 戈振国, 朱国俊, 冯建军 - 水力发电学报, 2023 - slfdxb.cn
与反击式水轮机相比, 冲击式水轮机有着应用水头高和高效率工况范围宽的优点,
是开发高水头水电能源的核心装备. 然而, 冲击式水轮机内部为开放式, 多相非稳态流场 …

Assessment of erosive wear performance of Pelton turbine injectors using CFD-DEM simulations

R Tarodiya, S Khullar, A Levy - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The problem of surface erosion due to sediment-laden water in hydropower stations is quite
severe, especially in those located in the Himalayan region. It is one of the major causes of …

Sediment-laden flow and erosion modeling in a Pelton turbine injector

B Guo, Y Xiao, AK Rai, J Zhang, Q Liang - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A major challenge in the operation and development of the high-head water resources,
especially in the mountains with high sediment yield, is the erosion of Pelton turbine …

Assessment of erosive wear of Pelton turbine injector: Nozzle and spear combination–A study of Chenani hydro-power plant

MZU Din, GA Harmain - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2020 - Elsevier
This study concerns with erosion of Pelton turbine injector ie (nozzle spear tribo pair) by
sediment particles for a typical power plant located in Himalayan belt of Jammu and Kashmir …

Particulate flow and erosion modeling of a Pelton turbine injector using CFD-DEM simulations

R Tarodiya, S Khullar, A Levy - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydro-abrasive erosion of the injector assembly is a critical issue that affects the operational
economy and efficiency of Pelton turbines operating in sediment-laden water. The current …

Hydro-abrasive erosion in Pelton turbine injectors: A numerical study

GV Messa, S Mandelli, S Malavasi - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations were performed to investigate how the design and the operation
conditions of a Pelton turbine injector affect its vulnerability to hydro-abrasive erosion …

Pelton turbine: Identifying the optimum number of buckets using CFD

A Židonis, GA Aggidis - Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, 2016 - Elsevier
A numerical case study on identifying the optimum number of buckets for a Pelton turbine is
presented. Three parameters: number of buckets, bucket radial position and bucket angular …

Development of the Turgo Impulse turbine: Past and present

DS Benzon, GA Aggidis, JS Anagnostopoulos - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Turgo Impulse turbine provides a unique and novel solution to increasing the
capacity of a hydraulic impulse turbine while maintaining the nozzle and spear injector …