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Selecting Hydraulic Reaction Turbines (Revised 1976)

R. N. Walters / C. G. Bates

Multipurpose projects in the Western United States usually generate power incidental to release of water for other purposes. This is especially true of the larege Bureau of Reclamation projects where water is impounded and released according to irrigation requirements and the power generated during that release is used primarily for the benefit of landowners. The water level in reservoirs for irrigation storage is subject to large fluctuations with consequent extremes of head variation on the turbine. In selecting hydraulic turbines to serve under such conditions, the designer must consider the effect of this head variation upon power capability, water release capability, efficiency and cost of maintenance. This publication was prepared to permit rapid selection of the proper unit, estimation of its major dimensions and prediction of performance.

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Selecting Hydraulic Reaction Turbines (Revised 1976)

R. N. Walters / C. G. Bates

Multipurpose projects in the Western United States usually generate power incidental to release of water for other purposes. This is especially true of the larege Bureau of Reclamation projects where water is impounded and released according to irrigation requirements and the power generated during that release is used primarily for the benefit of landowners. The water level in reservoirs for irrigation storage is subject to large fluctuations with consequent extremes of head variation on the turbine. In selecting hydraulic turbines to serve under such conditions, the designer must consider the effect of this head variation upon power capability, water release capability, efficiency and cost of maintenance. This publication was prepared to permit rapid selection of the proper unit, estimation of its major dimensions and prediction of performance.

Selecting Hydraulic Reaction Turbines (Revised 1976)

R. N. Walters / C. G. Bates

Multipurpose projects in the Western United States usually generate power incidental to release of water for other purposes. This is especially true of the larege Bureau of Reclamation projects where water is impounded and released according to irrigation requirements and the power generated during that release is used primarily for the benefit of landowners. The water level in reservoirs for irrigation storage is subject to large fluctuations with consequent extremes of head variation on the turbine. In selecting hydraulic turbines to serve under such conditions, the designer must consider the effect of this head variation upon power capability, water release capability, efficiency and cost of maintenance. This publication was prepared to permit rapid selection of the proper unit, estimation of its major dimensions and prediction of performance.

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Title:

Selecting Hydraulic Reaction Turbines (Revised 1976)

Contributors:

R. N. Walters (author) / C. G. Bates (author)

Publication date:

1976

Size:

62 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Electric Power Production , Civil Engineering , Hydrology & Limnology , Hydraulic turbines , Water resources , Hydroelectric power generation , Irrigation , Reservoirs , Bureau of Reclamation , Maintenance , Water levels , Water storage , Shafts(Machine elements) , Turbine components

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