Water turbines are mostly utilized to generate electricity in power stations
Water turbines are mostly utilised to generate electricity
in power stations. River barrages or dams utilise the gravitational potential
energy of the dammed water, also known as pressure energy, to accomplish this.
One unique application is in pumped storage power stations. During periods of
low electricity consumption, an elevated storage reservoir is filled with water
using electrically powered pumps. When the demand for electricity is high, the
reservoir is drained and more electricity is created by water turbines.
Turbomachines are water turbines. They turn water's potential energy into
mechanical work. Initially, gravitational potential energy is turned into
kinetic energy. In a distributor or nozzle, the flowing water is accelerated to
as high a speed as feasible. Defl ection in a rotor converts the fluid's motion
into peripheral force.
According to Coherent
Market Insights the Water
Turbine Market Global Industry Insights, Trends, Outlook, and
Opportunity Analysis, 2022-2028.
A turbine is a type of engine that extracts energy from
fluid flow. Turbines are made up of a moving component known as the rotor
assembly, which is either a drum or a shaft with blades attached to it. Water
colliding with the blades generates rotational energy, which powers the rotors.
Water turbines contribute to hydroelectric power generation by transforming the
kinetic energy of flowing water into mechanical energy via the attached blades.
Depending on the location of the energy conversion a
distinction is made between:
Action turbine: The fixed distributor converts all of the
potential energy into velocity via the action turbine. There is no pressure
differential between the inlet and output of the rotor. Only the rotor
determines the flow.
Pelton turbine as an example
Potential energy is converted partially in the distributor
and partially in the rotor of a reaction turbine. There is a pressure
difference between the input and output of the rotor. The rotor deflects and
accelerates the flow.
Francis turbine and Kaplan turbine are two examples.
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