Model Number: Pelton turbine
Brand Name: Fuchun
Key Specifications/Special Features:
Pelton turbine also called a free-jet turbine or Pelton wheel,a type ofimpulse turbine, named after L. A. Pelton who invented it in1880Water passes through nozzles and strikes spoon-shaped bucketsor cups arrangedon the periphery of a runner, which causes the runner torotate, producingmechanical energy
The runner is fixed on a shaft, and the rotational motion ofthe turbine is transmitted by the shaft to a generator
The impulse type turbines are the best election for high headand small discharge hydraulic power resources
They have compact structure, small size, high efficiency andneed fewer investments
They have been divided into Turgo and Pelton type
The impulse type turbines made by Fuchun are ranging from 80 to1,000m in water head, 200kW to 20MW in capacity and 0.55 to 2.3 inrunner diameter
Theirs shaft arrangements are either vertical or horizontal andthey may have single nozzle, twin or multi-nozzles