DESING AND ANALYSIS OF PELTON WHEEL
G. NAGENDRA KUMAR, M. SAI KRISNHA, T.SAI KIRAN REDDY
Guide: Mr. B. PHANINDRA KUMAR
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
GURUNANAK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District-501506
ABSTRACT
The Pelton wheel is a drive sort water turbine. It was imagined by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s. The Pelton wheel removes vitality from the motivation of moving water, rather than water's dead weight like the conventional overshot water wheel. Numerous varieties of motivation turbines existed preceding Pelton's outline, however they were less proficient than Pelton's plan. Water leaving those wheels normally still had rapid, diverting a great part of the dynamic vitality conveyed to the wheels. Pelton's oar geometry was composed so when the edge kept running at a large portion of the speed of the water stream, the water left the wheel with next to no speed; consequently, his outline separated the greater part of the water's motivation vitality—which considered an exceptionally proficient turbine.
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Ansys software helps to find the accurate or approximate solutions
