The design and execution of a laboratory micro hydroelectric power plant

Autor: Elisabeta Spunei, Ionel Turcu, Alina Vișan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Engineering, Vol 66, Iss 1, Pp 45-56 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2734-7680
DOI: 10.24193/subbeng.2021.1.5
Popis: The paper presents a laboratory micro hydroelectric power plant destined to applicative activities. The hydraulic turbine is a Pelton turbine, rebuilt by fast prototyping in Geomagic Design X and printed on a 3 D printer. The turbine casing and the afferent ele-ments are made in-house. The hydrogenator is synchronous being an alternator from a Dacia vehicle. The hydrogenerator load is constituted by 3 groups of light bulbs. We analysed the working of the micro-hydroelectric power plant in idle run and for different loads. As a result of the analysis we found out that it stably works for different loads and by its open construction it is useful for de-veloping students’ ability to understand the phenomena. The installation designed and executed is useful for the engineering students as the pandemic forbids the thematical visits in hydro-energetic facilities.
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