25-08-2017, 09:32 PM
Abstracts: Erosion of hydro turbine components through sand laden river water is one of the biggest problems in the Himalayan region. The erosion of turbine components causes the decrease in turbine efficiency; increase in the maintenance cost. The present study has been carried out to investigate the effect of silt erosion for different silt laden parameters and operating parameters such as silt concentration, size of silt particles, jet velocity and operating hours of the turbine on Pelton turbine buckets.