Research Article
Design, Modeling, and CFD Analysis of a Micro Hydro Pelton Turbine Runner: For the Case of Selected Site in Ethiopia
Table 3
Calculation summary to determine the turbine speed
and PCD.
| Name | Symbol | Unit | Value |
| Number of jets | | ā | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Jet diameter | | mm | 77.0 | 54.4 | 44.4 | 38.5 | Runner PCD | PCD | m | 699.667 | 494.740 | 403.953 | 349.834 | Available PCD | PCD | mm | 700 | 500 | 425 | 350 | Turbine speed | | rpm | 371 | 520 | 611 | 742 | Gear ratio | | ā | 4.04 | 2.89 | 2.45 | 2.02 |
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