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Sediment Erosion on Pelton Turbines: A Review
Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2023 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 occurs, the sediment concentration in the river increases suddenly, causing severe ...
Xinfeng Ge +10 more
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Inventions, 2022 The difficulty of delivering electrical power to rural areas motivated the researchers to explore more accessible power sources. Hydropower is considered a desirable option due to its sustainability and lower costs.
Fadl A Essa +2 more
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Advanced condition monitoring of Pelton turbines [PDF]
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 2018 The ability of hydropower to adapt the electricity generation to the demand is necessary to integrate wind and solar energy into the electrical grid. Nowadays, hydropower turbines are required to work under harsher operating conditions and an advanced condition monitoring to detect damage is crucial.
Matias Bossio +2 more
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Efficiency Testing of Pelton Turbines with Artificial Defects—Part 1: Buckets
EnergiesPelton turbines are susceptible to hydro-abrasive erosion from sediment-laden flows, resulting in a progressive loss of efficiency. Typical defect classes can be derived from the analysis of such damage observed in hydropower plants.
Florian Fahrni +2 more
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Efficiency Testing of Pelton Turbines with Artificial Defects—Part 2: Needles and Seat Rings
EnergiesThe erosion of Pelton turbine components in mountainous areas with high sediment input is a major challenge for energy- and cost-efficient operation. Quantitative data on possible efficiency losses associated with local damage are needed.
Thomas Stäubli, Ernesto Casartelli
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Fluid-dynamic Simulations for Assessment of Dimensioning Methodologies of Pelton Turbine Buckets Considering the Initial Torque Overcoming [PDF]
Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics, 2023 The growing demand for energy resources highlights the need to optimize traditional energy transformation systems. Pelton-type turbines, which are extensively used in micro-generation systems, can be designed using different methodologies, however, no ...
Jorge Mario Ceballos Zuluaga +3 more
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AlgorithmsIn this work, the NSGA-II multi objective genetic algorithm, numerical methods, and parametric design techniques found in the Autodesk Inventor professional 2023 CAD software were combined to perform the geometrical optimization of the Pelton bucket ...
Hidalgo VÍCTOR, Edgar Cando
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Methodology for the Optimization of a Novel Hydro Turbine with a Case Study
Energies, 2023 As the world strives towards its goal of net zero carbon emissions, it is vital that renewable energy sources be optimized to their full potential. A key source of renewable energy is hydropower, more specifically, the Pelton turbine—a highly efficient ...
George Aggidis +7 more
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A new method for regulating Pelton turbine based on ejection of discharged flow [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Hydropower plants (HPPs) contribute a significant share of Russia’s electricity generation. With the prospects of developing this sector and harnessing the hydroenergy potential, it is necessary to consider methods for modernizing hydroelectric ...
Liamasov A K, Denisov K E, Biriulin M A
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Energies, 2022 Hydropower is a key source of electricity production for allowing the integration of intermittent renewable energy resources. Among the various hydraulic power plants around the world, the ones equipped with Pelton turbines already provide large ...
Jean Decaix, Cécile Münch-Alligné
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