Pelton Turbine and its working
Pelton Turbine Pelton turbine or Pelton wheel turbine is an impulse type of water turbine. Pelton wheel extracts the energy from the impulse of moving water or stream and converted it into mechanical energy and further it converted into electric energy. Or in other words- Pelton turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of stored water into mechanical energy in the form of circular rotation and this energy is further converted into electrical energy by the help of a generator which is coupled with the shaft of the turbine. Applications : Pelton wheel is the preferred turbine for hydro power, when the available water sources has a relatively high hydraulic head at low flow rate. In a hydroelectric power plant it is used to drive the generator of the turbine and the generator generates the mechanical energy of turbine into electrical energy. Hydroelectric power plant contributes about 16% of the total electricity in the world in 2012. Hydroelectricity is the m...