Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve
Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve
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Hi again, I have a Question.
I want to plot an efficiency curve of Pelton turbine against percentage of design discharge. Basically I want to obtain an efficiency curve for the turbine. So is it OK for me to go this way:
I will caluclate the efficiency against say 5%, 10%, 15%.20%....100% of design dicharge from the following equation:
P= (Eff of Turbine * Eff of Gen* Eff of transf*Rho* g* net head).
Does it look alright??? I have the P, H and Q value and I will assume Transf and gen efficiency of 0.9 for all the calculation.
Do you all have better suggestion? Please do let me know. I would appreciate.
I want to plot an efficiency curve of Pelton turbine against percentage of design discharge. Basically I want to obtain an efficiency curve for the turbine. So is it OK for me to go this way:
I will caluclate the efficiency against say 5%, 10%, 15%.20%....100% of design dicharge from the following equation:
P= (Eff of Turbine * Eff of Gen* Eff of transf*Rho* g* net head).
Does it look alright??? I have the P, H and Q value and I will assume Transf and gen efficiency of 0.9 for all the calculation.
Do you all have better suggestion? Please do let me know. I would appreciate.
"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson





RE: Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve
"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
RE: Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve
Here you can find a well known efficiency curve for Pelton turbines.
RE: Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve
Hi Snippet, I would suggest to you to visit www.retscreen.net (Clean Energy Project Analysis Software), where, among a lot of information you can find the RETScreen Software Model Flow Chart (for free) and you can model your whole project as per your needs.
Please let me know if you have success in doing so.
RE: Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve
As for the site, it looks very useful to me. I will try to explore and see. I will definitely give you my progress report. :)
Thanks.
"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson