2. Why?? Or Need??
• Turbines are designed for specific conditions of
Power , speed ,discharge called as designed
conditions
• But most of time of working turbines are required
operated at conditions other than designed
conditions
• Performance curves are important in order to
study performance of turbines at such conditions
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3. Types of curves
• Constant Head curves or Main curves
Head Maintained Constant
• Constant speed curves or operating curves
Speed Maintain Constant
• Constant efficiency or isoefficiency curves
efficiency maintained constant
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4. Constant Head Curves
• Procedure
For obtaining these curves test is carried out with
changing only load on turbine in steps &
corresponding Power, speed, discharge are
measured for a particular gate (or spear rod)
opening
Repeating the same procedure for different gate
opening values
After test ,Results are plotted in terms of following
3 graphs
1. Unit discharge Vs Unit speed
2. Unit Power Vs Unit speed
3. Efficiency Vs Unit speed
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10. Constant Speed Curves
• Procedure
This test is carried out maintaining speed
constant (by increasing discharge) while
increasing load in steps
After test ,Results are plotted in terms of
following 3 graphs
1. Efficiency Vs Discharge
2. Power Vs Discharge
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13. Efficiency Vs % of Load
• As % of load increases efficiency also increases
• At full load conditions efficiency is maximum for
almost all turbines
• KAPLAN ,PELTON maintains high efficiency over
large load range
• Francis and propeller turbines give poor
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14. ISO-Efficiency Curves
• These curves are obtained from speed Vs
efficiency & Speed Vs Discharge
• These curves gives zones of constant
efficiency and predicting performance of
turbine at various efficiencies
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20. CAVITATION !!!
• Mean???
• Why???
• Where???
• Effects???
• How to avoid??
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21. • Formation ,growth and collapse of bubbles of water @ low
pressure regions of machine
• Pressure at section falls below saturation pressure
corresponding to given temperature
• low pressure regions such as turbine outlet and draft tube
inlet
• vibration, noisy operation, hydraulic losses ,erosion of
surface
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