TH 04.4 – Autonomous Electric Brake Kaplan Turbine

The TH 04.4 simulates a small scale installation with a Kaplan turbine. Turbine impeller blades allow for varying the pitch angle manually.

Description

The equipment is designed for the study and visualization of both the behavior and the characteristics of a Kaplan turbine.

The turbine can be operated in a totally autonomous way, thanks to the equipment is composed of water tank, pump and all the necessary instruments, on a mobile laboratory car.

The equipment is designed for the study and visualization of both the behavior and the characteristics of a Kaplan turbine.

Through the different indicators of the system, you can see all the variables that come into play in the transformation of energy.

Learning Objectives
  • Characteristic curves of the turbine:
    • Torque – rotational speed (M-n).
    • Brake power – Rotational speed (Pe- n).
    • Efficiency – rotational speed (h – n).
    • Torque – U (M-U).
    • Brake power – U (Pe- U).
    • Efficiency – U (h– U).
  • Iso-performance curves.
Technical Data
Type of Brake:
    • Braking with Electric Brake.
Turbina:
    • Type: Kaplan
    • Number of impeller blades: 6
    • Angle of the impeller blades: Variable, with adjustment by impeller exchange.
    • 6 adjustable guide blades
Estructure:
    • The equipment is supplied on an aluminum structure, with tank and pump, in which the necessary flow is generated for the turbine.
Electronic components:
    • Pressure transducer.
    • Differential pressure sensor.
    • Direct rpm detection sensor.
    • Load cell for torque measurement.
    • Data acquisition card.
Other elements:
    • PC with software.
Requirements
  • Input: 230V/50Hz. (Others like option)