DESIGN OF

PELTON TURBINE

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• SUMANTH H U 1JS15ME097
• NUTHANBABU G R 1JS16ME097
 PELTON TURBINE
• The Pelton wheel is an impulse type water turbine. It was invented
by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s
• Pelton Turbine is a Tangential flow impulse turbine in which the
pressure energy of water is converted into kinetic energy to form
high speed water jet and this jet strikes the wheel tangentially to
make it rotate. It is also called as Pelton Wheel.

FIG:PELTON WHEEL TURBINE

PELTON TURBINE
INSTALLATION
 Design aspects of Pelton Turbine
• Following are the aspects to be considered while designing the
Pelton wheel turbine.
1. VELOCITY OF JET
2. POWER AVAILABLE TO THE TURBINE
3. ANGLE
4. DIAMETER OF THE JET
5. SPEED RATIO
6. MEAN DIAMETER OF THE WHEEL
7. JET RATIO
8. SIZE OF THE BUCKETS
9. NUMBER OF JETS
10. NUMBER OF BUCKETS
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M = 1.1 to 1.5d
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CHOICE OF MATERIALS
1. MANIFOLD
2. NOZZLE
3. DEFLECTOR
4. RUNNER
5. TURBINE SHAFT
6. HOUSING