Keywords:

ROTOR, POWER, HYDROELECTRIC, FLOW, Hydroelectric power plants, DESIGN, BLADE,

Darrieus rotor, WHEEL, ENERGY

Digest:
...Various designs and op-tions for small hydroelectric power plants have been
proposed....
...The main characteristics of the flow (speed, head) for the choice of the optimal
variant of hydroelectric power plant have been determined....
...Three variants of impellers for free-flow hydroelectric power plants are
proposed with a comparison of the efficien-cy of each variant....
...The initial data for the design of Darrieus rotor operating in a liquid were the
diameter and width of the impeller....
...The swirling blades rotor is self-starting....
...Depending on the dimensions of the river section and the water flow rate,
damless hydroelectric power plants can have various designs according to the type
of installation, the most common of which are: submersible, on floating pontoons,
garland and sleeve hydroelectric power plants....
...In the case of a subsea generator at such hydroelectric power plants, its
careful sealing is required....
...Damless hydroelectric power plants on floating pontoons are easier to operate,
use the most energeti-cally saturated upper layer of the water flow, do not depend
on the level difference in the river, but operation in winter at low temperatures
is practically impossible....
...Garland hydroelectric power stations have a simple design, consisting of a cable
stretched across the river flow, on which working bodies are rigidly fixed....
...It makes sense to install such hydroelectric power plants only on mountain
rivers with a large natural slope....
...According to the design of the working bodies of small and micro hydroelectric
power plants, the most common are: a bottom-driven wheel (or an irrigation-type
wheel), a Darrieus rotor, a Savonius rotor, propeller hydroelectric power plants
with a horizontal rotor....
...The bottom-driven wheel has the simplest and most unpretentious design in
operation, but with larger dimensions than the Darrieus or Savonius rotors....
...In this case, the impact of the blade at the entrance of the water flow was
eliminated, which consumes a significant part of the kinetic energy of the flow....
...The rotation of the Darrieus rotor does not depend on the direction of the flow,
but at low speeds of the flow, its preliminary spinning is required....
...Propeller hydroelectric power plants with a horizontal rotor are similar in
design to wind turbines, but operate under water....